Data Center: Health & Welfare

From 2005 to 2007, an average of 14 low-risk births out of every 100 were by cesarean section.

Hospital Info

Owner: Memorial Health Services
Type: Not-for-profit hospital.
Low-income care: 3.89 percent of all the hospital's patients relied on indigent programs or Medicaid. (Calculated by number of patient-days in hospital)
Breast-feeding: 43.25 percent of the babies born here are exclusively breast-feeding.
Base C-section rate: From 2005 to 2007, an average of 23.17 out of every 100 births were by C-section (adjusted only for mother's age).
Risk-adjusted VBAC: 17.70 percent of women with a prior C-section had a vaginal birth.

Select County Census Stats

White persons, 2008: 78.4%
Black persons, 2008: 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2008: 0.9%
Asian persons, 2008: 16.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 2008: 0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, 2008: 2.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2008: 33.8%
White persons not Hispanic, 2008: 46.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, age 5+, 2000: 41.0%
Persons per household, 2000: 3.00
Median household income, 2008: $74,862
Persons below poverty level, 2008: 9.9%