2009 - Kim James, Certified Birth Doula

Kim James

Certified Birth Doula

Certified Childbirth Educator

2009 Washington State Cesarean Birth Rates

2009 Washington State Cesarean Birth Rates & Rates of Complicated Deliveries

2009 Primary Cesarean Rates by County 2009 Hospitals Sorted by County

Washington State Hospitals Ranked By Their 2009 Cesarean Birth Rates

Please notice that the hospitals with the highest cesearn birth rates don't always have the highest corresponding rate of complicated deliveries.

	Hospital Name	All Deliveries	% Cesarean Deliveries	% Complicated Deliveries
1	Mid-Valley Hospital	261	41.0%	30%
2	Evergreen Hospital Medical Center	4080	38.0%	22%
3	Overlake Hospital Medical Center	4109	37.6%	17%
4	Providence Centralia Hospital	654	37.6%	12%
5	Grays Harbor Community Hospital	603	37.3%	22%
6	University of Washington Medical Center	2201	37.3%	47%
7	Pullman Regional Hospital	346	37.0%	21%
8	Auburn Regional Medical Center	958	35.5%	19%
9	Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center	2797	35.5%	23%
10	Valley Medical Center	3864	34.7%	19%
11	Capital Medical Center	694	34.6%	19%
12	Cascase Valley Hospital	413	34.1%	26%
13	Whidbey General Hospital	162	34.0%	23%
14	Swedish Medical Center - First Hill	7316	33.3%	28%
15	Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital	1969	32.7%	27%
16	Highline Community Hospital	950	32.5%	22%
17	PeaceHealth Saint Jospeh Hospital	1999	32.3%	22%
18	Newport Valley General Hospital	96	31.3%	22%
19	Valley General Hospital	372	31.2%	12%
20	Lourdes Medical Center	369	31.2%	11%
21	Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital	3804	31.0%	25%
22	PeaceHealth Saint John Medical Center	116	31.0%	25%
23	Kittitas Valley Hospital	366	30.9%	25%
24	Coulee Community Hospital	66	30.3%	27%
25	Deaconess Medical Center	1879	30.2%	24%
26	Providence Regional Medical Center	3674	29.9%	23%
27	Stevens Healthcare	1134	29.8%	17%
28	Kadlec Regional Medical Center	2346	29.8%	25%
29	Island Hospital	386	29.8%	15%
30	Harrison Memorial Hospital	1899	29.6%	19%
31	Providence Saint Mary Medical Center	572	29.5%	16%
32	Saint Joseph Medical Center	3683	29.4%	19%
33	Northwest Hospital	1047	28.9%	23%
34	North Valley Hospital	52	28.8%	21%
35	Good Samaritan Hospital	2202	28.4%	14%
36	Skagit Valley Hospital	1356	28.0%	18%
37	Providence Saint Peter Hospital	2251	27.9%	25%
38	Othello Community Hospital	635	27.7%	30%
39	Saint Francis Hospial	1366	26.9%	16%
40	Olympic Medical Center	483	26.5%	24%
41	Lake Chelan Community Hospital	106	26.4%	22%
42	Providence Saint Joseph's Hospital	65	26.2%	6%
43	Prosser Memorial Hospital	338	26.0%	18%
44	Mason General Hospital	273	26.0%	29%
45	Central Washington Hospital	1407	25.9%	21%
46	Skyline Hospital	62	25.8%	29%
47	Samaritan Hospital	1075	25.2%	21%
48	Southwest Washington Medical Center	3302	25.1%	21%
49	Morton General	32	25.0%	3%
50	Whitman Hospital & Medical Center	40	25.0%	3%
51	Sunnyside Community Hospital	629	25.0%	25%
52	Walla Walla General Hospital	269	24.9%	29%
53	Jefferson Hospital	127	24.4%	31%
54	Group Health Central Hospital	1712	24.4%	28%
55	Forks Community Hospital	97	23.7%	34%
56	Kennewick General Hospital	1455	23.6%	23%
57	Providence Holy Family Hospital	1239	23.2%	17%
58	Enumclaw REgional Hospital	228	22.8%	18%
59	Okanogan-Douglas Hospital	193	21.8%	22%
60	Providence Mount Carmel Hospital	185	20.5%	13%
61	Valley Hospital and Medical Center	527	19.2%	18%
62	Toppenish Community Hospital	516	17.6%	21%
63	Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital	3098	16.8%	22%
	Total Deliveries	80,834	30.4%	23%

Methodology: For total births, tallied DRG categories: 765 - cesarean with complications, 766 – cesarean rate without complication, 767 – vaginal delivery sterilization or D&C or other OR procedures, 774 - vaginal delivery with complicating conditions, 775 – vaginal delivery without complicating conditions. The CS total was category 765 + 766. Rate was calculated as CS Total / Total Births. For the rate of complicated deliveries, tallied DRG codes 765 + 774 divided by total births. Calculations done by Kim James, CD(DONA, PALS), ICCE, LCCE. www.kimjames.net

Data from: http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehsphl/hospdata/CHARS/Default.htm

2008 Washington State Cesarean Rates

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