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title: "Pregnancy and Childbirth Outcomes at Sutter Health"
description: "Sutter Health facilities continue to score better than both the state and national averages for breastfeeding, episiotomy and C-section rates, and are on par with national rates for elective deliveries."
url: "https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes/pregnancy-and-childbirth-outcomes"
---

1.  [Home](https://www.sutterhealth.org/) /
2.  [About us](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us) /
3.  [Quality care](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care) /
4.  [Service quality outcomes](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/quality-care/service-outcomes) /
5.  Pregnancy and childbirth outcomes

# Pregnancy and childbirth outcomes

## By the numbers

### 62%

exclusive breastmilk

feeding during entire hospital stay.

### 3%

elective delivery

Less than 39 weeks gestation.

### 3%

episiotomy rate

### 21.2%

NTSV c-section rates

for first time mothers with uncomplicated deliveries.

Sutter Health

**Sutter Health quality and safety for pregnancy and childbirth**

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