Table 1.

Cesarean rates for breech 1997 to 2003.

State groups*
Year	Overall	Low	Middle	High
		(< 80%)	(80 - <90%)	(>= 90%)
1997	83.8%	71.5%	86.3%	91.5%
1998	83.0%	69.8%	86.3%	91.0%
1999	83.1%	69.2%	86.2%	91.6%
2000	83.4%	69.8%	86.7%	92.2%
2001	84.4%	71.0%	87.7%	92.7%
2002	85.1%	72.0%	88.3%	93.1%
2003	85.1%	73.5%	87.8%	92.8%

Data source: National Center for Health Statistics.

^*State groups divided into those with low (n=18), middle (n=22), and high (11) baseline rates of cesarean for breech in 1997.

P values for chi-square test for overall rates and for each group were all < 0.0001.