Giving Birth in New Jersey

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Delivery Statistics for: Kimball Medical Center

Year	Births	C-Sections	C-Section Rate	Prior C-Sections	VBACs	VBAC Rate
1997	1,022	247	24%	147	48	33%
1998	1,038	214	21%	154	59	38%
1999	924	215	23%	140	55	39%
2000	1,062	243	23%	168	47	28%
2001	1,399	259	19%	219	92	42%
2002	1,360	241	18%	169	60	36%
2003	1,591	247	16%	223	91	41%
2004	1,515	254	17%	190	83	44%
2005	1,623	267	16%	240	88	37%
2006	1,533	310	20%	214	71	33%

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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.

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Hospital C-Section Rates

More hospital data from the New Jersey Hospital Association.

New Jersey By The Numbers