Live Births by Place of Delivery and Type of Attendant,
Michigan Residents, 2022
| Attendant | Place of Delivery | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Hospital |
Intended Home Birth |
Freestanding Birthing Clinic |
Other and Unknown1 |
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 100,880 | 100.0 | 98,431 | 100.0 | 1,824 | 100.0 | 381 | 100.0 | 244 | 100.0 |
| Physician, M.D. | 66,014 | 65.4 | 65,924 | 67.0 | 4 | * | – | - | 86 | 35.2 |
| Physician, D.O. | 21,551 | 21.4 | 21,534 | 21.9 | 2 | * | – | - | 15 | 6.1 |
| Nurse, Nurse-midwife or Midwife | 10,676 | 10.6 | 10,478 | 10.6 | 165 | 9.0 | 15 | 3.9 | 18 | 7.4 |
| Other | 2,618 | 2.6 | 479 | 0.5 | 1,652 | 90.6 | 366 | 96.1 | 121 | 49.6 |
Notes:
1Includes unintended home births.
2May or may not be certified by the American
College of Nurse-Midwives.
Source: 2022
Michigan Resident Birth File,
Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.