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Births delivered by forceps or vacuum extraction in the United States 1990-2016

Percentage of births delivered by forceps or vacuum extraction in the United States from 1990 to 2016

The data illustrates the percentage of births that were delivered using forceps or vacuum extraction in the U.S. from 1990 to 2016. In 1990, over 5% of all births in the U.S. were delivered by forceps.

1990	5.11	3.9
1995	3.48	5.9
2000	2.07	4.85
2005	0.93	3.87
2007	0.76	3.47
2008	0.71	3.22
2009	0.67	3.04
2010	0.66	2.96
2011	0.65	2.85
2012	0.61	2.79
2013	0.59	2.72
2014	0.57	2.64
2015	0.56	2.58
2016	0.5	2.6

Births delivered by forceps or vacuum extraction in the United States 1990-2016

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