Number of Live Births by Method of Delivery and Obstetric Procedures
by Age of Mother,
Michigan Residents, 2022

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 93,733 3,432 16,152 28,219 29,816 13,382 2,701
Breech 3,921 88 496 1,049 1,379 705 204
Other 2,727 77 402 807 939 397 103
Final route and method of delivery              
Vaginal/Spontaneous 65,030 2,716 12,118 20,181 20,169 8,301 1,519
Vaginal/Forceps 401 18 55 120 146 43 18
Vaginal/Vacuum 2,048 145 395 639 603 224 42
Cesarean 33,367 730 4,548 9,267 11,379 5,976 1,459
Cesarean/trial of labor attempted 10,317 380 1,899 3,155 3,148 1,389 346
        
Obstetric Procedures
              
Cervical cerclage 163 2 10 33 58 42 18
Tocolysis 174 7 22 56 66 19 4
External Cephalic Version 235 5 25 69 86 39 11
Successful 96 1 9 29 35 19 3
Failure 139 4 16 40 51 20 8
        
Total Live Births 100,880 3,612 17,119 30,218 32,306 14,548 3,038
        

 

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:

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