Percent of Live Births by Characteristics of Labor and Delivery
By
Race and Ancestry of Mother,
Michigan Residents, 2021
| Characteristics of Labor and Delivery | Race | Ancestry | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Races | White | Black | American Indian |
Asian & Pacific Islander |
All Other Races | Hispanic | Arab | |
| Induction of labor | 31.8 | 33.6 | 27.2 | 30.4 | 29.0 | 26.1 | 30.2 | 29.1 |
| Augmentation of labor | 23.7 | 24.2 | 20.7 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 26.7 | 27.8 | 28.2 |
| Non-vertex presentation | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Steroids received for fetal lung maturation | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 |
| Antibiotics received by mother during labor | 22.6 | 22.1 | 24.5 | 21.8 | 26.6 | 21.3 | 22.9 | 27.7 |
| Clinical chorioamnionitis diagnosed during labor | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| Meconium staining moderate/heavy | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Fetal intolerance of labor | 7.1 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 9.2 |
| Epidural or spinal anesthesia during labor | 75.2 | 75.4 | 74.5 | 72.9 | 81.6 | 71.2 | 71.8 | 75.1 |
| None of the above | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | - | 0.2 | * | 0.2 | - |
| Source: |
2021 Michigan Resident Birth Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services. |