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C-Section Rates Up Across NYC, Average Near 31% Manhattan Shows Sharpest Incease, Staten Island Has Highest Rate

New York City's cesarean section rate has increased by 24% over the past six years to an average of nearly 31%, and rates are on the rise at nearly every single city hospital, according to new data released by Choices in Childbirth, a New York-based nonprofit that works to enable women to make fully informed maternity decisions. Most city hospitals are not addressing the potential causes of the increase in c-section rates.