Data Center: Health & Welfare

From 2005 to 2007, an average of 7 low-risk births out of every 100 were by cesarean section.

Hospital Info

Owner: Adventist Health
Type: Not-for-profit rural hospital.
Low-income care: 33.00 percent of all the hospital's patients relied on indigent programs or Medicaid. (Calculated by number of patient-days in hospital)
Breast-feeding: 44.10 percent of the babies born here are exclusively breast-feeding.
Base C-section rate: From 2005 to 2007, an average of 20.73 out of every 100 births were by C-section (adjusted only for mother's age).
Risk-adjusted VBAC: 3.63 percent of women with a prior C-section had a vaginal birth.

Select County Census Stats

White persons, 2008: 89.8%
Black persons, 2008: 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2008: 3.4%
Asian persons, 2008: 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 2008: 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, 2008: 2.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2008: 15.7%
White persons not Hispanic, 2008: 75.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, age 5+, 2000: 10.0%
Persons per household, 2000: 2.39
Median household income, 2008: $38,926
Persons below poverty level, 2008: 17.9%