Number of Live Births by Method of Delivery and Obstetric Procedures
by Age of Mother,
Michigan Residents, 2024

Method of Delivery or
Obstetric Procedures		 Age of Mother
All Ages Under 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 Plus
Method of Delivery
              
Fetal presentation at birth              
Cephalic 91,634 3,110 14,968 27,047 29,613 14,005 2,870
Breech 4,043 77 472 1,110 1,478 742 164
Other 2,494 66 368 735 823 424 78
Final route and method of delivery              
Vaginal/Spontaneous 64,196 2,506 11,434 19,623 20,202 8,817 1,596
Vaginal/Forceps 331 13 45 88 117 54 13
Vaginal/Vacuum 1,850 91 337 575 588 218 41
Cesarean 32,170 655 4,058 8,712 11,126 6,142 1,474
Cesarean/trial of labor attempted 10,587 374 1,779 3,162 3,317 1,581 374
        
Obstetric Procedures
              
Cervical cerclage 177 3 17 46 62 36 13
Tocolysis 88 4 15 24 32 10 3
External Cephalic Version 321 8 41 77 120 60 15
Successful 125 5 11 26 41 32 10
Failure 196 3 30 51 79 28 5
        
Total Live Births 99,420 3,298 16,011 29,222 32,295 15,385 3,159
        

 

Notes: Records with age not stated are included only in the 'All Ages' column. Sum of births with any one maternal morbidity does not equal the sum of all morbidity because any one mother may have multiple morbidity.
Source:

2024 Michigan Resident Birth Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.