Windom Area Health: labor and delivery in Windom, MN
Windom Area Health is a hospital in Windom, Cottonwood County, Minnesota that delivers babies. It handled 79 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 12% delivered by C-section (25 such births). That is below the Minnesota rate of 27% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 12%First-birth C-section rate
- 79Deliveries in 2025
- 259Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
Address and phone
2150 Hospital Drive, Po Box 339
Windom, MN 56101
Cottonwood County
Call (507) 831-2400 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Critical Access hospital
- Ownership: Government, Local
How Windom Area Health compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 12% | 27% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 259 | 271 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 64 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.
In Minnesota, Windom Area Health has the 3rd-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 58 hospitals that report one.
The first-birth C-section rate counts first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby. Complication rates are adjusted for patient risk. Our data explains each number.
What patients say
- 88% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 86% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Windom
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | 29 | 21% | 331 | Yes |
| Lakes Regional Healthcare | Spirit Lake | 32 | 14% | 235 | Yes |
| Sleepy Eye Medical Center | Sleepy Eye | 35 | – | 27 | – |
| New Ulm Medical Center | New Ulm | 44 | 27% | 319 | Yes |
| Centracare - Redwood | Redwood Falls | 45 | 22% | 84 | Yes |
| Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center | Marshall | 49 | 12% | 326 | – |
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