Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical ► Statistical Brief #148

Statistical Brief #148

AHRQ Stats

Births by Cesarean section increased by 82 percent between 1997 and 2010, while births of babies by normal delivery decreased 56 percent among women ages 18 to 44. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #148, Most Frequent Conditions in U.S. Hospitals, 2010.)