Percentage of births delivered by cesarean section

Source:2008-2010 Vital Statistics Data as of February, 2012

(Click on a county name for trend graph data)

  C-section births Average Births Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 172 164 170 506 511 33.0
Cattaraugus 304 293 294 891 990 30.0
Chautauqua 504 513 469 1,486 1,403 35.3
Erie 3,307 3,483 3,463 10,253 9,745 35.1
Genesee 202 210 222 634 645 32.8
Niagara 900 1,012 965 2,877 2,261 42.4
Orleans 139 143 154 436 431 33.7
Wyoming 110 115 127 352 402 29.2
Region Total 5,638 5,933 5,864 17,435 16,388 35.5
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 250 302 288 840 979 28.6
Livingston 186 186 197 569 578 32.8
Monroe 2,698 2,710 2,646 8,054 8,604 31.2
Ontario 321 279 293 893 1,066 27.9
Schuyler 76 66 75 217 169 42.7
Seneca 104 101 111 316 382 27.6
Steuben 349 367 403 1,119 1,109 33.6
Wayne 364 361 313 1,038 1,043 33.2
Yates 65 74 54 193 319 20.2
Region Total 4,413 4,446 4,380 13,239 14,249 31.0
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 206 211 226 643 823 26.1
Cortland 190 186 144 520 528 32.8
Herkimer 234 240 210 684 651 35.0
Jefferson 559 510 549 1,618 2,064 26.1
Lewis 105 112 100 317 332 31.8
Madison 228 213 186 627 674 31.0
Oneida 876 925 932 2,733 2,628 34.7
Onondaga 1,749 1,750 1,708 5,207 5,460 31.8
Oswego 428 445 440 1,313 1,370 31.9
St Lawrence 495 494 464 1,453 1,222 39.6
Tompkins 303 296 274 873 878 33.1
Region Total 5,373 5,382 5,233 15,988 16,630 32.0
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 676 738 764 2,178 2,061 35.2
Chenango 150 159 145 454 511 29.6
Tioga 152 135 132 419 459 30.4
Region Total 978 1,032 1,041 3,051 3,031 33.6
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 1,087 1,090 1,002 3,179 3,130 33.9
Clinton 225 264 285 774 798 32.3
Columbia 206 168 206 580 591 32.7
Delaware 138 140 127 405 456 29.6
Essex 120 120 98 338 354 31.8
Franklin 178 197 195 570 511 37.2
Fulton 227 234 210 671 581 38.5
Greene 152 163 162 477 447 35.5
Hamilton 9 12 9 30 36 27.8
Montgomery 237 200 177 614 614 33.3
Otsego 153 150 144 447 517 28.8
Rensselaer 551 598 553 1,702 1,724 32.9
Saratoga 744 796 826 2,366 2,275 34.7
Schenectady 531 550 576 1,657 1,813 30.5
Schoharie 89 82 72 243 297 27.2
Warren 227 246 214 687 636 36.0
Washington 230 199 206 635 630 33.6
Region Total 5,104 5,209 5,062 15,375 15,412 33.3
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 1,083 1,092 1,092 3,267 2,903 37.5
Orange 1,817 1,629 1,613 5,059 5,156 32.7
Putnam 395 339 370 1,104 936 39.3
Rockland 1,368 1,130 1,156 3,654 4,680 26.0
Sullivan 345 281 280 906 884 34.2
Ulster 691 597 575 1,863 1,733 35.8
Westchester 4,589 4,551 4,539 13,679 11,255 40.5
Region Total 10,288 9,619 9,625 29,532 27,547 35.7
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 7,141 7,537 7,401 22,079 22,799 32.3
Kings 12,223 12,560 12,734 37,517 41,841 29.9
New York 6,705 6,811 6,599 20,115 20,068 33.4
Queens 10,948 11,071 10,733 32,752 30,765 35.5
Richmond 2,260 2,229 2,055 6,544 5,695 38.3
Region Total 39,277 40,208 39,522 119,007 121,168 32.7
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 6,211 6,040 5,770 18,021 14,639 41.0
Suffolk 7,864 7,690 7,320 22,874 17,324 44.0
Region Total 14,075 13,730 13,090 40,895 31,963 42.6
New York State Total 85,146 85,559 83,817 254,522 246,387 34.4

*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable

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