Finding and Comparing C-Section Rates By Hospital
Posted by doulamama1 on June 14, 2009
This website has links to Alabama, Alaska, Florida, California, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Texas and Utah for finding out c-section and VBAC rates by county and hospital.
I am originally from Alabama so of course I had to look and WOW what staggering numbers! The overall rate for the whole state for cesarean is 35%. The VBAC rate is a shamefully low 5%. I lived in Birmingham for the last 8 years that I was in Alabama and they have some of the worst with one hospital weighing in with 43.9% of their births as c-sections. This is 3 times the rate recommended by the World Health Organization. The baby factory, St. Vincent’s has an over 35% cesarean rate and only a 4.2% VBAC rate. It makes me so sad.
