Caesarean section
rates have significantly increased in the past decade in the United States. To
make an attempt at lowering these rates, it is important to first understand
how states’ rates compare with each other and which factors correlate with
these rates.
Then, possible
ways to impact these rates can be suggested. This investigation sought to
determine whether or not there is a significant difference between the rates of
caesarean sections in Utah, United States and New Jersey, United
States using representative hospitals’ data. Also, we sought to evaluate
selected socioeconomic factors and their possible correlation with higher or
lower caesarean rates in each United States’ states.
Information
collected from various federal and private sources were utilized to collect
caesarean section rate data. These data were correlated to selected variables
including average birthing age, logarithm of the percent of females in the
workforce, median household income, number of hospitals, logarithm of the
percent of people who have graduated with a Bachelor’s degree or higher,
average number of people in a household, and the standard of living.
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