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Wooster Community Hospital: labor and delivery in Wooster, OH

Wooster Community Hospital is a hospital in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio that delivers babies. It handled 1,066 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 21% delivered by C-section (354 such births). That is below the Ohio rate of 25% and below the U.S. median of 26%.

21%First-birth C-section rate
1,066Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
246Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
4 of 5Patient survey stars
4 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Wooster Community Hospital

Newborn care: NICU on site
Midwifery care
Doula support
VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) support
Lactation consultants
Skin-to-skin time after birth
Rooming-in with your baby
Childbirth and parenting classes

Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.

Address and phone

1761 Beall Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691
Wayne County

Call (330) 263-8348 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
Ownership: Government, Local

How Wooster Community Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Ohio	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	21%	25%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	246	280	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	56	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.

In Ohio, Wooster Community Hospital has the 19th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 77 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

Patient survey summary: 4 of 5 stars
77% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
78% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10

Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.

Birthing-Friendly designation

Wooster Community Hospital holds the federal Birthing-Friendly designation. Hospitals earn it by taking part in a perinatal quality collaborative and following maternal safety practices.

Other hospitals that deliver babies near Wooster

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Aultman Orrville Hospital	Orrville	8.9	29%	590	Yes
Pomerene Hospital	Millersburg	18	12%	231	Yes
Akron General Medical Center	Akron	27	30%	1,750	Yes
Aultman Hospital	Canton	28	30%	2,568	Yes
Mercy Medical Center	Canton	28	22%	575	Yes
Summa Health System	Akron	29	26%	4,754	Yes