Live Births by Place of Delivery and Type of Attendant,
Michigan Residents, 2024

Attendant Place of Delivery
Total Hospital Intended
Home Birth
Freestanding
Birthing Clinic
Other and
Unknown1
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 99,453 100.0 96,977 100.0 1,769 100.0 401 100.0 260 100.0
Physician, M.D. 61,216 61.6 61,114 63.0 22 1.2 –   -   76 29.2
Physician, D.O. 22,633 22.8 22,608 23.3 –   -   –   -   23 8.8
Nurse, Nurse-midwife or Midwife 13,069 13.1 12,916 13.3 115 6.5 23 5.7 15 5.8
Other 2,493 2.5 338 0.3 1,631 92.2 378 94.3 146 56.2

 

Notes: 1Includes unintended home births.
2May or may not be certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

Source: 2024 Michigan Resident Birth File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.