Giving Birth in New Jersey

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Delivery Statistics for: Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, Inc.

Year	Births	C-Sections	C-Section Rate	Prior C-Sections	VBACs	VBAC Rate
1997	1,520	250	16%	142	69	49%
1998	1,395	220	16%	135	54	40%
1999	1,300	208	16%	144	53	37%
2000	1,296	194	15%	150	68	45%
2001	1,341	246	18%	159	39	25%
2002	1,205	239	20%	144	24	17%
2003	1,180	253	21%	137	17	12%
2004	1,037	240	23%	128	11	9%
2005	996	201	20%	95	8	8%
2006	1,088	245	23%	134	12	9%

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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