DATA: C-section rates vary in low-risk situations
The California Watch analysis examined the base C-section rates as well as "low-risk" rates that filter out any cesareans performed because of medical need. The main number presented below shows the average rate of C-sections per 100 low-risk births from 2005-2007 at California hospitals. You can find the base rates by clicking on individual hospitals.
Click on a hospital on the list below for more information, or browse by county.
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Not-for-profit Hospitals
- Los Angeles Community Hospital 47 47
- East Valley Hospital Medical Center 38 38
- Community and Mission Hospital of Huntington Park – Florence 35 35
- Pacifica Hospital of the Valley 29 29
- Citrus Valley Medical Center – Queen of the Valley Campus 29 29
- Hemet Valley Medical Center 29 29
- El Centro Regional Medical Center 28 28
- Bellflower Medical Center 26 26
- East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital 25 25
- Memorial Hospital of Gardena 25 25
- Coastal Communities Hospital 25 25
- Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center 24 24
- San Antonio Community Hospital 24 24
- Montclair Hospital Medical Center 24 24
- Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital 24 24
- San Ramon Regional Medical Center 24 24
- Lodi Memorial Hospital 24 24
- Garfield Medical Center 24 24
- Community Hospital of San Bernardino 24 24
- Verdugo Hills Hospital 23 23
- Palo Verde Hospital 23 23
- Foothill Presbyterian Hospital – Johnston Memorial 23 23
- Torrance Memorial Medical Center 23 23
- Tulare District Hospital 23 23
- Fairchild Medical Center 22 22
- Valley Presbyterian Hospital 22 22
- Monterey Park Hospital 22 22
- Ridgecrest Regional Hospital 22 22
- Beverly Hospital 22 22
- Good Samaritan Hospital – San Jose 22 22
- Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 22 22
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla 22 22
- Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista 22 22
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Sunset 21 21
- Colusa Regional Medical Center 21 21
- Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns 21 21
- Glendale Adventist Medical Center – Wilson Terrace 21 21
- Central Valley General Hospital 21 21
- West Hills Hospital and Medical Center 21 21
- Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center 21 21
- Northridge Hospital Medical Center 21 21
- Sutter Amador Hospital 21 21
- St. Agnes Medical Center 21 21
- Sonora Regional Medical Center – Greenley Road 21 21
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Panorama City 21 21
- Huntington Memorial Hospital 20 20
- Hi-Desert Medical Center 20 20
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center 20 20
- Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 20 20
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 20 20
- San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 20 20
- St. Francis Medical Center 20 20
- LAC+USC Medical Center 20 20
- San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 20 20
- St. John's Health Center 19 19
- UC San Diego Medical Center 19 19
- Community Medical Center – Clovis 19 19
- Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital 19 19
- Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center 19 19
- Desert Regional Medical Center 19 19
- Little Company of Mary Hospital 19 19
- Desert Valley Hospital 19 19
- Pacific Alliance Medical Center Inc. 19 19
- Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center 19 19
- White Memorial Medical Center 19 19
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Geary Boulevard San Francisco 19 19
- Memorial Hospital Medical Center – Modesto 19 19
- Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center 19 19
- Mountains Community Hospital 19 19
- Grossmont Hospital 18 18
- Anaheim General Hospital 18 18
- Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 18 18
- Providence Tarzana Medical Center 18 18
- St. Joseph Hospital – Orange 18 18
- Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center 18 18
- Victor Valley Community Hospital 18 18
- Methodist Hospital of Southern California 18 18
- Sierra Kings District Hospital 18 18
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Oakland Campus 18 18
- Riverside Community Hospital 18 18
- St. Joseph Hospital – Eureka 18 18
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Diego 18 18
- Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center 18 18
- Marian Medical Center 18 18
- Kaweah Delta Medical Center 18 18
- California Hospital Medical Center – Los Angeles 18 18
- St. Mary Medical Center 18 18
- Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta 18 18
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Harbor City 17 17
- Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 17 17
- Mercy General Hospital 17 17
- Scripps Mercy Hospital 17 17
- Western Medical Center – Santa Ana 17 17
- Sutter Lakeside Hospital 17 17
- Fallbrook Hospital District 17 17
- Oroville Hospital 17 17
- El Camino Hospital 17 17
- Good Samaritan Hospital – Los Angeles 17 17
- Twin Cities Community Hospital 17 17
- Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital 17 17
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – West La 17 17
- Sequoia Hospital 17 17
- Doctors Medical Center 17 17
- Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 17 17
- Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 17 17
- Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center – Euclid 17 17
- Whittier Hospital Medical Center 17 17
- UCLA Medical Center 17 17
- Pomerado Hospital 17 17
- St. Helena Hospital 17 17
- Marshall Medical Center (1–Rh) 17 17
- Earl and Lorraine Miller Children's Hospital 16 16
- Centinela Hospital Medical Center 16 16
- John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital 16 16
- South Coast Medical Center 16 16
- Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 16 16
- North Bay Medical Center 16 16
- Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital 16 16
- Palomar Medical Center 16 16
- San Dimas Community Hospital 16 16
- Community Memorial Hospital – San Buenaventura 16 16
- O'Connor Hospital – San Jose 16 16
- St. Jude Medical Center 16 16
- Los Angeles County Olive View – UCLA Medical Center 16 16
- St. Louise Regional Hospital 16 16
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Fresno 16 16
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Santa Clara 16 16
- Sutter Memorial Hospital 16 16
- UC Davis Medical Center 16 16
- Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 16 16
- Tri-City Medical Center 16 16
- Eden Medical Center 16 16
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Rehabilitation Center Vallejo 16 16
- Mercy Medical Center 16 16
- Barton Memorial Hospital 16 16
- Sutter Tracy Community Hospital 16 16
- Corona Regional Medical Center – Main Street 15 15
- Seton Medical Center 15 15
- Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital 15 15
- UC Irvine Medical Center 15 15
- Feather River Hospital 15 15
- Plumas District Hospital 15 15
- Los Angeles County Harbor – UCLA Medical Center 15 15
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Sacramento/Roseville–Morse Avenue 15 15
- Antelope Valley Hospital 15 15
- Regional Medical of San Jose 15 15
- Community Hospital Monterey Peninsula 15 15
- Arrowhead Regional Medical Center 15 15
- Watsonville Community Hospital 15 15
- Loma Linda University Medical Center 15 15
- George L. Mee Memorial Hospital 15 15
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Hayward 15 15
- Hanford Community Medical Center 15 15
- Sierra View District Hospital 15 15
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center – Alta Bates Campus 15 15
- Pacific Hospital of Long Beach 15 15
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Santa Rosa 15 15
- Mercy San Juan Hospital 15 15
- Fremont Medical Center 15 15
- Little Company of Mary – San Pedro Hospital 15 15
- Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 15 15
- Washington Hospital – Fremont 15 15
- Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center 15 15
- Simi Valley Hospital And Health Care Services – Sycamore Drive 15 15
- Community Hospital of Los Gatos 14 14
- St. Rose Hospital 14 14
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Riverside 14 14
- Greater El Monte Community Hospital 14 14
- Ukiah Valley Medical Center – Hospital Drive 14 14
- John Muir Medical Center – Walnut Creek Campus 14 14
- St. John's Regional Medical Center 14 14
- UCSF Medical Center 14 14
- Enloe Medical Center – Esplanade Campus 14 14
- Methodist Hospital of Sacramento 14 14
- Community Regional Medical Center – Fresno 14 14
- Redlands Community Hospital 14 14
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Woodland Hills 14 14
- Mad River Community Hospital 14 14
- Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 14 14
- Paradise Valley Hospital 14 14
- Mercy Hospital – Bakersfield 14 14
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Walnut Creek 14 14
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Anaheim 14 14
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Bellflower 14 14
- Barstow Community Hospital 14 14
- St. Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton 14 14
- Peninsula Medical Center 14 14
- Sutter Solano Medical Center 14 14
- Sutter Roseville Medical Center 14 14
- Mammoth Hospital 14 14
- French Hospital Medical Center 14 14
- Natividad Medical Center 14 14
- Dameron Hospital 13 13
- Mendocino Coast District Hospital 13 13
- Madera Community Hospital 13 13
- St. Elizabeth Community Hospital 13 13
- Downey Regional Medical Center 13 13
- Tahoe Forest Hospital 13 13
- Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford 13 13
- California Pacific Medical Center – California West 13 13
- Los Alamitos Medical Center 13 13
- Queen of the Valley Hospital – Napa 13 13
- Sutter Delta Medical Center 13 13
- Marin General Hospital 13 13
- Memorial Hospital Los Banos 13 13
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Fontana 13 13
- Rancho Springs Medical Center 13 13
- Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital – Montgomery 13 13
- Contra Costa Regional Medical Center 13 13
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas 13 13
- Mercy Medical Center Merced – Community Campus 13 13
- Mayers Memorial Hospital 13 13
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Jose 13 13
- Lompoc Healthcare District 13 13
- San Joaquin General Hospital 13 13
- San Francisco General Hospital 13 13
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Baldwin Park 13 13
- Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital 13 13
- Northern Inyo Hospital 12 12
- Doctors Hospital of Manteca 12 12
- Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 12 12
- Pioneers Memorial Hospital 12 12
- La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 12 12
- Banner Lassen Medical Center 12 12
- Dominican Hospital – Soquel Drive/Santa Cruz 12 12
- Woodland Memorial Hospital 12 12
- Alameda County Medical Center – Highland Campus 12 12
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitalital – Moreno Valley 12 12
- Mercy Hospital – Folsom 12 12
- Petaluma Valley Hospital 12 12
- St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital 12 12
- Western Medical Center Hospital – Anaheim 12 12
- Kern Medical Center 11 11
- Ventura County Medical Center 11 11
- Sonoma Valley Hospital 11 11
- Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center of Santa Cruz 11 11
- Sutter Coast Hospital 11 11
- St. Luke's Hospital 11 11
- St. Bernardine Medical Center 11 11
- Oak Valley District Hospital (2–Rh) 11 11
- Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa 10 10
- Delano Regional Medical Center 10 10
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center 10 10
- Redwood Memorial Hospital 10 10
- Bakersfield Memorial Hospital – 34th Street 10 10
- St. Mary Regional Medical Center 10 10
- Emanuel Medical Center Inc. 9 9
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – South Sacramento 9 9
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Redwood City 9 9
- Riverside County Regional Medical Center 9 9
- San Joaquin Community Hospital 8 8
- Sutter Davis Hospital 8 8
- St. Helena Hospital Clearlake 7 7
| For-profit hospital (48) | |
| Not-for-profit hospital (205) |
The median rate of all 253 hospitals is 16 C-sections per 100 low-risk births. The highest rate is 47 at Los Angeles Community Hospital and the lowest rate is 7 at St. Helena Hospital Clearlake.
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Source: California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, U.S. Census Bureau
Credits: Agustin Armendariz, Brian Cragin, Chase Davis, Nathanael Johnson
Credits: Agustin Armendariz, Brian Cragin, Chase Davis, Nathanael Johnson
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