The CDC reports that there were 3 855 500 births in the
Last updated: 4/24/2023
The CDC reports that there were 3 855 500 births in the United States for the year 2017 The report breaks down the births by age of the mother and by type of delivery vaginal cesarean or unknown not stated as shown below Mother s age Under 20 20 24 25 29 30 34 35 39 40 54 All ages Type of delivery Vaginal 156 727 566 567 784 533 717 581 331 394 64 208 2 621 010 Cesarean Not Stated 39 459 108 197 719 494 338 366 678 373 825 511 223 119 283 59 851 77 1 232 339 2 151 All delivery types 196 294 764 780 1 123 577 1 091 917 554 796 124 136 3 855 500 Examine carefully the information provided and obtain the following probabilities for the sample space of U S births in 2017 1 P 20 24 cesarean Select 2 P cesarean and 20 24 Select 3 P cesarean 20 24 Select 4 In 2017 in the United States Select 24 were delivered via cesarean of births to young mothers ages 20