For the first time, expectant parents can easily find out the cesarean rates for their local hospitals!! The Leap Frog Group http://www.leapfroggroup.org/c-section did a voluntary survey to hospitals nationwide to determine cesarean rates by state. The numbers are so interesting! Overall, the National rate remains about 33%. The Leap Frog Group adopted the rate of 23.9% as an acceptable rate as proposed by the HealthyPeople.gov 2020 initiative http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/maternal-infant-and-child-health/objectives.
Texas as a state (based on the reporting hospitals) is running #29 with a 29.8%. Here are our local hospitals rankings:
St Davids South Austin 39.3%
St Davids North Austin 34.3%
Seton Medical Center 31.5%
Seton Hayes 31.3%
St Davids Medical Center 30.5%
Seton Northwest 28.2%
St Davids Round Rock 27.6%
St Davids Georgetown 23.9%
Seton Williamson 22%
Scott & White Round Rock 16.4%
Cedar Park Regional, Lakeway Regional, and Seton Southwest declined to respond.
Interesting notes: Hospital with the LOWEST c-section rate in Texas is the Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake in Dallas with an amazing 12.6%!! The Texas hospital with the highest rate is Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock with an embarrassing 52.9%