Giving Birth in New Jersey

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Delivery Statistics for: Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center

Year	Births	C-Sections	C-Section Rate	Prior C-Sections	VBACs	VBAC Rate
1997	1,944	319	16%	235	128	54%
1998	1,894	334	18%	217	113	52%
1999	1,909	337	18%	238	109	46%
2000	1,651	297	18%	178	79	44%
2001	1,716	357	21%	183	68	37%
2002	1,839	460	25%	207	62	30%
2003	1,838	485	26%	248	78	31%
2004	2,018	560	28%	267	65	24%
2005	2,121	576	27%	233	42	18%
2006	2,104	651	31%	270	53	20%

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The Rising C-Section Rate:  A Star-Ledger analysis has found that hospitals are performing Cesarean section deliveries at a ever-increasing rate, and are growing less likely to allow a woman who has had a previous C-Section to give birth vaginally, a procedure known as a VBAC.

On this page, you'll be able to view statistics The Star-Ledger obtained from state regulators covering birth methodologies at 68 New Jersey hospitals.

Star-Ledger Databases
Contaminated Sites
Hospital C-Section Rates

More hospital data from the New Jersey Hospital Association.

New Jersey By The Numbers