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NTSV Cesarean Birth Rate Dashboard: Iowa

The Healthy People 2020 target of 23.9% has been met.

Iowa met the Healthy People 2020 NTSV cesarean rate target of 23.9 percent in 2018.

What does NTSV mean?

How does this state compare to the United States?

How does this state rank among other states?

 

About this state dashboard

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics provided a special report on state-level final data to CesareanRates.org. These include maternal morbidity cases, maternal conditions and characteristics of labor and delivery not currently accessible in CDC WONDER. Our organization is publishing these alongside national numbers to inform the public, policy makers, public health experts and the obstetric and midwifery community about state-level progress toward Healthy People 2020 goals for childbirth.

 
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Defined by the World Health Organization Maternal Morbidity Working Group (MMWG), 2013. 

 
 
 

Maternal Morbidity, Iowa, 2016

All births: 39,403

Maternal transfusion: 141

3rd- or 4th-degree perineal laceration: 374

Ruptured uterus: 12

Unplanned hysterectomy: 22

Admission to intensive care unit: 50

Unknown: -

Maternal Morbidity, U.S., 2016

All births: 3,945,875

Maternal transfusion: 11,494

3rd- or 4th-degree perineal laceration: 25,463

Ruptured uterus: 976

Unplanned hysterectomy: 1,342

Admission to intensive care unit: 5,003

Unknown: 5,362

More available on CDC WONDER, including data on age, race and other characteristics.

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Characteristics of Labor and Delivery

 

Final Route of Delivery, Iowa

Overall cesarean rate in 2016: 30.1 percent

Final Route of Delivery, U.S.

Overall cesarean rate in 2016: 31.9 percent
 

Birth Attendant, Iowa

Birth Attendant, U.S.

SOURCE: CDC WONDER
 

VBAC v. Repeat Cesarean, Iowa

12.9 percent Vaginal Birth After Cesarean rate (excludes unknown)

VBAC v. Repeat Cesarean, U.S.

12.4 percent Vaginal Birth After Cesarean rate (excludes unknown)
 

Compare to other states:

 

Epidural/Spinal Utilization, Iowa

53.2 percent

Epidural/Spinal Utilization, U.S.

73.5 percent
 

Cesarean with Trial of Labor, Iowa

38.8 percent attempted a trial of labor before a cesarean birth (excludes unknown).

Cesarean with Trial of Labor, U.S.

25.3 percent attempted a trial of labor before a cesarean birth (excludes unknown).
 

Induction of Labor, Iowa

29.1 percent

Induction of Labor, U.S.

24.5 percent
 

Labor Augmentation, Iowa

23.5 percent

Labor Augmentation, U.S.

21.0 percent
 

Maternal Health Characteristics

History of a Prior C-section, Iowa

14.5 percent

History of a Prior C-section, U.S.

15.3 percent
 

Chronic Hypertension, Iowa

Chronic Hypertension, U.S.

Source: CDC WONDER
 

Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension, Iowa

Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension, U.S.

Source: CDC WONDER
 

Tobacco Use, Iowa

Tobacco Use, U.S.

Source: CDC WONDER
 

Diabetes, Iowa

Diabetes, U.S.

Source: CDC WONDER
 

Tools for Promoting Maternal Safety

Several organizations offer free quality improvement solutions online, including condition-specific toolkits and larger scale data collection and analysis protocols.

 

Hospital level:

Patient Safety Movement Foundation: Optimizing Obstetric Safety Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS)

Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care: Maternal Safety Bundles

California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative: Toolkits and Maternal Data Center

 

State or regional level:

State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives

Maternal Mortality Review Committees: General information and standardization of data collection