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U.S. mothers: medical or health characteristics of birth 2016

Selected medical or health characteristics experienced by mothers during pregnancies/births in the United States in 2016

The data displays the rate of selected medical or health characteristics experienced by mothers during pregnancy/births in the U.S. in 2016. In that year, 52% of all delivering mothers were overweight or obese.

Infant was being breastfed at discharge	83.1
Overweight or obese (BMI of 25.0 or over)	52.2
Cesarean delivery	31.9
CNM delivery	8.8
Smoked during pregnancy	7.2
Diabetes during pregancy	6.9
Pregnancy resulted from infertility treatment	1.7
Home births	1

U.S. mothers: medical or health characteristics of birth 2016

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