Data Center: Health & Welfare

From 2005 to 2007, an average of 9 low-risk births out of every 100 were by cesarean section.

Hospital Info

Owner: County of Riverside
Type: Not-for-profit teaching hospital.
Low-income care: 66.05 percent of all the hospital's patients relied on indigent programs or Medicaid. (Calculated by number of patient-days in hospital)
Breast-feeding: 14.10 percent of the babies born here are exclusively breast-feeding.
Base C-section rate: From 2005 to 2007, an average of 24.00 out of every 100 births were by C-section (adjusted only for mother's age).
Risk-adjusted VBAC: 8.13 percent of women with a prior C-section had a vaginal birth.

Select County Census Stats

White persons, 2008: 83.6%
Black persons, 2008: 6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2008: 1.4%
Asian persons, 2008: 5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 2008: 0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, 2008: 2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2008: 43.9%
White persons not Hispanic, 2008: 42.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, age 5+, 2000: 33.0%
Persons per household, 2000: 2.98
Median household income, 2008: $57,590
Persons below poverty level, 2008: 12.6%