U.S. Caesarean Births
Rank	State	Percent Of Total Births That Were Delivered By Caesarean
		2002	2001
1	Mississippi	31.1	29.7
2	New Jersey	30.9	28.9
3	Louisiana	30.4	29.9
4	West Virginia	29.3	26.6
5	Arkansas	29.1	27.6
6	Alabama	28.7	27.6
7	South Carolina	28.6	26.4
8	Florida	28.5	26.4
9	Oklahoma	28.1	25.9
10	Massachusetts	28.0	25.4
11	Texas	27.9	26.3
12	Kentucky	27.8	26.2
13	Tennessee	27.5	26.2
13	Maryland	27.5	25.4
15	Delaware	27.3	25.5
16	New York	27.2	25.9
17	Virginia	26.8	24.6
17	California	26.8	25.1
19	Nebraska	26.7	24.1
20	District of Columbia	26.6	25.0
21	North Carolina	26.3	24.9
22	Connecticut	26.1	24.3
23	Rhode Island	26.0	24.1
24	Georgia	25.9	24.3
25	Nevada	25.7	23.7
25	Missouri	25.7	23.9
25	Maine	25.7	24.1
28	Pennsylvania	24.9	23.0
28	Michigan	24.9	23.4
28	Indiana	24.9	23.3
31	Kansas	24.8	23.8
31	Iowa	24.8	23.1
33	South Dakota	24.6	23.0
34	New Hampshire	24.1	23.0
35	Washington	24.0	22.6
36	Illinois	23.9	22.3
37	Oregon	23.4	21.0
37	Ohio	23.4	21.7
39	North Dakota	23.1	21.1
40	Montana	23.0	21.6
41	Minnesota	22.2	21.1
42	Hawaii	21.4	20.1
43	Arizona	21.3	20.0
44	Wyoming	21.1	20.1
44	Vermont	21.1	17.8
44	Colorado	21.1	19.6
47	Wisconsin	20.6	19.1
48	Idaho	19.7	18.7
49	Alaska	19.4	18.9
50	Utah	19.1	17.2
50	New Mexico	19.1	18.6
>>	U.S. Total	26.1	24.4
Source: National Center For Health Statistics, June 2003

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