NATALITY DOCUMENTATION TABLE 3.
 LIVE BIRTHS BY ATTENDANT, PLACE OF DELIVERY AND RACE OF MOTHER:
                           UNITED STATES, 1993

  (RESIDENT BIRTHS ONLY, EXCLUDES BIRTHS TO NONRESIDENTS OF UNITED STATES)
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                               |         |
                               |         |           ATTENDANT
                               |         |______________________________
     PLACE OF DELIVERY         |  ALL    |
     AND RACE OF MOTHER        | BIRTHS  |           PHYSICIAN
                               |         |______________________________
                               |         |         |         |
                               |         |         |DOCTOR OF|DOCTOR OF
                               |         |  TOTAL  |MEDICINE |OSTEOPATHY
_______________________________|_________|_________|_________|__________
                               |         |         |         |
 ALL RACES 1/..................|4,000,240|3,759,963|3,622,304|  137,659
                               |         |         |         |
  IN HOSPITAL..................|3,959,266|3,751,258|3,614,936|  136,422
  NOT IN HOSPITAL..............|   40,030|    7,958|    6,759|    1,199
   FREESTANDING BIRTHING CENTER|   11,238|    2,242|    1,621|      621
   CLINIC / DOCTOR'S OFFICE....|      977|      463|      376|       87
   RESIDENCE...................|   25,084|    4,365|    3,916|      449
   OTHER.......................|    2,731|      888|      846|       42
  NOT STATED...................|      944|      647|      609|       38
                               |         |         |         |
 WHITE.........................|3,149,833|2,967,570|2,850,882|  116,688
                               |         |         |         |
  IN HOSPITAL..................|3,115,570|2,961,659|2,846,118|  115,541
  NOT IN HOSPITAL..............|   33,506|    5,382|    4,267|    1,115
   FREESTANDING BIRTHING CENTER|   10,520|    2,042|    1,427|      615
   CLINIC / DOCTOR'S OFFICE....|      786|      368|      287|       81
   RESIDENCE...................|   20,519|    2,538|    2,147|      391
   OTHER.......................|    1,681|      434|      406|       28
  NOT STATED...................|      757|      529|      497|       32
                               |         |         |         |
 BLACK.........................|  658,875|  617,024|  600,058|   16,966
                               |         |         |         |
  IN HOSPITAL..................|  653,593|  614,697|  597,810|   16,887
  NOT IN HOSPITAL..............|    5,112|    2,220|    2,147|       73
   FREESTANDING BIRTHING CENTER|      435|       97|       94|        3
   CLINIC / DOCTOR'S OFFICE....|      123|       60|       58|        2
   RESIDENCE...................|    3,705|    1,669|    1,613|       56
   OTHER.......................|      849|      394|      382|       12
  NOT STATED...................|      170|      107|      101|        6
_______________________________|_________|_________|_________|__________

1/  INCLUDES RACES OTHER THAN WHITE AND BLACK.





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                      NATALITY DOCUMENTATION TABLE 3.
  LIVE BIRTHS BY ATTENDANT, PLACE OF DELIVERY AND RACE OF MOTHER:
                            UNITED STATES, 1993

   (RESIDENT BIRTHS ONLY, EXCLUDES BIRTHS TO NONRESIDENTS OF UNITED STATES)
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                               |
                               |           ATTENDANT
                               |_____________________________________________
       PLACE OF DELIVERY       |
       AND RACE OF MOTHER      |            MIDWIFE
                               |_____________________________________________
                               |        |CERTIFIED| OTHER  |       | NOT
                               |TOTAL   |NURSE    | MID-   |OTHER  | STATED
                               |        |MIDWIFE  | WIFE   |       |
 ______________________________|________|_________|________|_______|_________
                               |        |         |        |       |
 ALL RACES 1/..................| 210,054|  196,228| 13,826 |27,729 | 2,494
                               |        |         |        |       |
  IN HOSPITAL..................| 189,913|  188,370|  1,543 |16,351 | 1,644
  NOT IN HOSPITAL..............|  20,114|    7,833| 12,281 |11,341 |   617
   FREESTANDING BIRTHING CENTER|   8,638|    5,016|  3,622 |   327 |    31
   CLINIC / DOCTOR'S OFFICE....|     322|      157|    165 |   166 |    26
   RESIDENCE...................|  10,764|    2,539|  8,225 | 9,492 |   463
   OTHER.......................|     390|      121|    269 | 1,356 |    97
  NOT STATED...................|      27|       25|      2 |    37 |   233
                               |        |         |        |       |
 WHITE.........................| 159,814|  146,630| 13,184 |20,586 | 1,863
                               |        |         |        |       |
  IN HOSPITAL..................| 140,674|  139,426|  1,248 |11,979 | 1,258
  NOT IN HOSPITAL..............|  19,120|    7,185| 11,935 | 8,591 |   413
   FREESTANDING BIRTHING CENTER|   8,138|    4,616|  3,522 |   311 |    29
   CLINIC / DOCTOR'S OFFICE....|     302|      143|    159 |    96 |    20
   RESIDENCE...................|  10,333|    2,342|  7,991 | 7,341 |   307
   OTHER.......................|     347|       84|    263 |   843 |    57
  NOT STATED...................|      20|       19|      1 |    16 |   192
                               |        |         |        |       |
 BLACK.........................|  35,694|   35,368|    326 | 5,672 |   485
                               |        |         |        |       |
  IN HOSPITAL..................|  35,094|   34,917|    177 | 3,489 |   313
  NOT IN HOSPITAL..............|     594|      445|    149 | 2,163 |   135
   FREESTANDING BIRTHING CENTER|     325|      280|     45 |    11 |     2
   CLINIC / DOCTOR'S OFFICE....|      12|       10|      2 |    46 |     5
   RESIDENCE...................|     227|      129|     98 | 1,711 |    98
   OTHER.......................|      30|       26|      4 |   395 |    30
  NOT STATED...................|       6|        6|      - |    20 |    37
_______________________________|________|_________|________|_______|_________







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