Number of Live Births by Method of Delivery and Obstetric Procedures
By Race and Ancestry of Mother,
Michigan Residents, 2021

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 98,136 71,052 17,322 757 3,476 4,552 6,588 4,173
Breech 4,174 3,210 586 26 146 169 250 193
Other 2,207 1,610 354 15 70 146 195 98
Final route and method of delivery                
Vaginal/Spontaneous 67,215 49,369 11,273 501 2,195 3,184 4,610 2,882
Vaginal/Forceps 468 335 58 6 43 23 23 26
Vaginal/Vacuum 2,368 1,736 348 17 147 92 142 109
Cesarean 34,842 24,706 6,641 282 1,316 1,581 2,275 1,456
Cesarean/trial of labor attempted 10,879 7,066 2,623 81 460 548 672 364
Obstetric Procedures
               
Cervical cerclage 272 142 89 3 22 15 13 23
Tocolysis 220 148 58 - 10 4 13 5
External Cephalic Version 224 185 25 - 9 4 5 8
Successful 94 73 10 - 8 3 2 5
Failure 130 112 15 - 1 1 3 3
Total Live Births 105,022 76,190 18,384 808 3,702 4,890 7,056 4,474

 

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:

2021 Michigan Resident Birth Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.