The vaginal birth is a natural process that happens for it self, no needing other’s intervention. The cesarean is a medical intervention above a process that the nature resolves itself without artifices. The objective of this study is to analyze the distribution of the vaginal birth and of the cesarean in the City of Rio de Janeiro from 2001 to 2004 and to study it according the variables: race of the parturiente, area of the planning of the residence, place of occurrence, juridical nature of the hospital, age group, marital status and mother education, prenatal consultation and Apgar in the first minute. Descriptive study, of populational basis, which analyzed the Declarations of the Living Born in the City of Rio de Janeiro in 2001 to 2004 trough the Information System about Living Born. The high rate of cesareans were observed in the regions with higher economic status, private institutions, in women above 35 years old, married and with high education.
Obstetrical Nursing; Women’s health; Information Systems; Public Health
