Number & Rate of Live Births by Method of Delivery and by Year,
St. Joseph County, Michigan 1989-2022

Year	Live Births	Method of Delivery
		Vaginal		Cesarean		First Cesarean		Repeat C-Section		Vaginal Delivery After Cesarean
		Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
1989	912	677	742.3	224	245.6	126	138.2	98	107.5	15	16.4
1990	931	671	720.7	242	259.9	164	176.2	78	83.8	19	20.4
1991	867	618	712.8	237	273.4	148	170.7	89	102.7	18	20.8
1992	811	625	770.7	176	217.0	98	120.8	78	96.2	20	24.7
1993	865	645	745.7	210	242.8	118	136.4	92	106.4	26	30.1
1994	860	628	730.2	226	262.8	144	167.4	82	95.3	23	26.7
1995	779	580	744.5	195	250.3	125	160.5	70	89.9	18	23.1
1996	864	649	751.2	209	241.9	121	140.0	88	101.9	21	24.3
1997	845	648	766.9	195	230.8	132	156.2	63	74.6	15	17.8
1998	869	629	723.8	236	271.6	127	146.1	109	125.4	27	31.1
1999	886	675	761.9	206	232.5	119	134.3	87	98.2	24	27.1
2000	1,061	846	797.4	212	199.8	111	104.6	101	95.2	42	39.6
2001	943	698	740.2	237	251.3	124	131.5	113	119.8	23	24.4
2002	889	675	759.3	208	234.0	109	122.6	99	111.4	22	24.7
2003	946	712	752.6	229	242.1	123	130.0	106	112.1	21	22.2
2004	937	704	751.3	218	232.7	113	120.6	105	112.1	21	22.4
2005	986	750	760.6	220	223.1	116	117.6	104	105.5	19	19.3
2006	931	695	746.5	227	243.8	119	127.8	108	116.0	9	9.7
2007	975	732	750.8	238	244.1	140	143.6	98	100.5	13	13.3
2008	904	648	716.8	256	283.2	161	178.1	109	120.6	14	15.5
2009	805	552	685.7	252	313.0	149	185.1	113	140.4	11	13.7
2010	834	562	673.9	271	324.9	164	196.6	115	137.9	9	10.8
2011	884	589	666.3	293	331.4	203	229.6	99	112.0	9	10.2
2012	728	463	636.0	265	364.0	191	262.4	84	115.4	10	13.7
2013	855	558	652.6	297	347.4	183	214.0	117	136.8	6	7.0
2014	825	545	660.6	280	339.4	173	209.7	115	139.4	12	14.5
2015	790	543	687.3	247	312.7	140	177.2	122	154.4	16	20.3
2016	761	506	664.9	255	335.1	135	177.4	135	177.4	16	21.0
2017	747	522	698.8	224	299.9	140	187.4	92	123.2	9	12.0
2018	777	557	716.9	219	281.9	133	171.2	100	128.7	14	18.0
2019	725	508	700.7	217	299.3	118	162.8	123	169.7	24	33.1
2020	712	514	721.9	198	278.1	114	160.1	103	144.7	19	26.7
2021	648	479	739.2	169	260.8	96	148.1	98	151.2	25	38.6
2022	642	461	718.1	181	281.9	95	148.0	105	163.6	19	29.6

Notes:

Rates are per 1,000 live births.

Cesarean

The mother's current birth was delivered via cesarean.

First Cesarean

The mother's first cesarean delivery.

Repeat C-Section

The mother had a cesarean delivery in the past.

Source: 1989 Michigan Birth Certificate Registry;1990-2022 Geocoded Michigan Birth Certificate Registries.
Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services