Please notice that the hospitals with the highest cesearn birth rates don't always have the highest corresponding rate of complicated deliveries.
Hospitals sorted by cesaren rate from highest to lowest.
| County |
Hospital |
Total
Deliveries
|
%
Cesarean
|
%
Complicated
Deliveries
|
| Okanogan |
Mid-Valley |
258 |
43.4 |
25% |
| Skagit |
Island Hospital |
363 |
39.4 |
14% |
| Whitman |
Pullman Regional Hospital |
395 |
38.7 |
22% |
| King |
Overlake Hospital Medicla Center |
4081 |
38.3 |
16% |
| Lewis |
Providence Centralia Hospital |
662 |
37.9 |
18% |
| King |
University of Washington Medical Center |
2076 |
37.8 |
46% |
| King |
Valley Medical Center |
3617 |
33.8 |
21% |
| Spokane |
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center |
2800 |
33.8 |
21% |
| King |
Swedish Medical Center |
7014 |
33.7 |
31% |
| King |
Auburn Regional Medical Center |
908 |
33.6 |
20% |
| Snohomish |
Valley General Hospital |
254 |
33.5 |
7% |
| Pierce |
Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital |
3019 |
33.0 |
24% |
| Grays |
Grays Harbor Communicty Hospital |
652 |
32.8 |
24% |
| Kitsap |
Harrison Memorial Hospital |
1860 |
32.6 |
17% |
| Chelan |
Lake Chelan Community Hospital |
114 |
32.5 |
32% |
| Thurston |
Capital Medical Center |
705 |
32.2 |
17% |
| Snohomish |
Cascase Valley Hopsital |
323 |
32.2 |
30% |
| King |
Northwest Hospital |
1125 |
32.0 |
22% |
| Clark |
Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital |
2071 |
31.7 |
27% |
| Island |
Whidbey General Hospital |
190 |
31.6 |
21% |
| Lewis |
Morton General Hospital |
16 |
31.3 |
31% |
| Whatcom |
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital |
2029 |
30.3 |
24% |
| Cowlitz |
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center |
1087 |
30.2 |
24% |
| Walla Walla |
Walla Walla General Hospital |
260 |
30.0 |
24% |
| King |
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center |
3697 |
30.0 |
19% |
|
Whitman
|
Whitman Hospital & Medical Center |
47 |
29.8 |
19% |
| Clark |
Southwest Washington Medical Center |
3212 |
29.7 |
23% |
| Snohomish |
Stevens Hospital |
998 |
29.6 |
18% |
| Franklin |
Lourdes Medical Center |
393 |
29.5 |
14% |
| Spokane |
Deaconess Medical Center |
1675 |
29.4 |
24% |
| Pierce |
St. Joseph Medical Center |
3591 |
29.4 |
19% |
| Jefferson |
Jefferson Hospital |
116 |
29.3 |
32% |
| King |
Highline Community Hospital |
938 |
29.1 |
25% |
| Benton |
Prosser Memorial Hospital |
336 |
28.9 |
27% |
| Stevens |
Providence St. Joseph's Hospital |
59 |
28.8 |
17% |
| King |
Enumclaw Regional Hospital |
221 |
28.5 |
23% |
| Benton |
Kadlec Regional Medical Center |
2430 |
28.4 |
25% |
| Clallam |
Olympic Medical Center |
482 |
28.2 |
26% |
| Okanogan |
North Valley Hospital |
75 |
28.0 |
19% |
| Snohomish |
Providence Regional Medical Center |
3803 |
27.8 |
23% |
| Chelan |
Central Washington Hospital |
1336 |
27.8 |
23% |
| Okanogan |
Okanogan-Douglas Hospital |
181 |
27.6 |
18% |
| Pierce |
Good Samaritan Hospital |
2107 |
27.2 |
14% |
| Adams |
Othello Community Hospital |
599 |
29.6 |
33% |
| King |
St. Francis Hospital |
1159 |
26.8 |
17% |
| Walla Walla |
Providence St. Mary Medical Center |
564 |
2638 |
21% |
| Kittitas |
Kittitas Valley Hospital |
345 |
26.7 |
22% |
| Pierce |
Samaritan Hospital |
1043 |
26.4 |
19% |
| Pend Oreille |
Newport Community Hospital |
88 |
26.1 |
24% |
| Skagit |
Skagit Valley Hospital |
1281 |
26.0 |
19% |
| Grant |
Coulee Community Hospital |
70 |
25.7 |
29% |
| King |
Group Health Central Hospital |
1877 |
25.4 |
28% |
| Thurston |
Providence St. Peter Hospital |
2011 |
25.3 |
24% |
| Klickitat |
Skyline Hospital |
56 |
25.0 |
23% |
| Yakima |
Sunnyside Community Hospital |
535 |
23.4 |
19% |
| Benton |
Kennewick General Hospital |
1433 |
22.7 |
22% |
| Spokane |
Valley Hospital and Medical Center |
435 |
22.5 |
22% |
| Mason |
Mason General Hospital |
241 |
22.0 |
31% |
| Clallam |
Forks Community Hospital |
94 |
21.3 |
29% |
| Stevens |
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital |
193 |
21.2 |
10% |
| Spokane |
Providence HOly Family Hospital |
1210 |
20.1 |
17% |
| Yakima |
Toppenish Community Hospital |
504 |
18.7 |
25% |
| Yakima |
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital |
3110 |
15.9 |
23% |
| |
Total |
78424 |
30.0 |
23% |
Click here for Excel spreadsheet of above data.
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
Curious about what constitutes a complicating comorbidity? Look here: http://www.icd9data.com/2010/Volume1/760-779/764-779/765/default.htm for the ICD-9 codes that comprise the DRG codes.
