Number of Live Births by Method of Delivery and Obstetric Procedures
By Race and Ancestry of Mother,
Michigan Residents, 2022

Method of Delivery or
Obstetric Procedures
Race Ancestry
All Races White Black American
Indian
Asian &
Pacific
Islander
All Other Races Hispanic Arab
Method of Delivery
               
Fetal presentation at birth                
Cephalic 93,733 67,963 17,707 931 4,026 2,212 6,545 4,294
Breech 3,921 2,995 578 50 183 80 248 176
Other 2,727 2,076 413 20 113 96 209 84
Final route and method of delivery                
Vaginal/Spontaneous 65,030 47,968 11,716 660 2,501 1,572 4,609 2,913
Vaginal/Forceps 401 294 51 1 38 15 24 30
Vaginal/Vacuum 2,048 1,535 281 18 144 51 139 118
Cesarean 33,367 23,566 6,741 329 1,657 758 2,257 1,510
Cesarean/trial of labor attempted 10,317 6,640 2,608 92 641 251 672 387
Obstetric Procedures
               
Cervical cerclage 163 83 59 1 16 3 7 12
Tocolysis 174 108 50 4 11 1 9 6
External Cephalic Version 235 209 9 3 8 4 11 8
Successful 96 79 6 2 6 2 5 5
Failure 139 130 3 1 2 2 6 3
Total Live Births 100,880 73,380 18,798 1,008 4,343 2,396 7,030 4,571

 

Notes: Records with race not stated are included only in the 'All Races' 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:

2022 Michigan Resident Birth Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.