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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH CHARACTERISTICS BY RACE OF MOTHER
ARKANSAS 1997
--------------- Race of Mother ---------------
Total White Black Other
No. Pct No. Pct No. Pct No. Pct
M. Place of Birth
Hospital 36,078 99.0 27,486 98.8 7,780 99.6 784 98.4
Birthing Center 88 0.2 83 0.3 0 0.0 5 0.6
Clinic/Doctor's Office 3 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Residence 264 0.7 234 0.8 23 0.3 7 0.9
Other 17 0.0 9 0.0 7 0.1 1 0.1
N. Attendant at Birth
M.D. 34,703 95.2 26,654 95.8 7,285 93.3 739 92.7
D.O. 938 2.6 626 2.3 290 3.7 21 2.6
C.N.M. 445 1.2 238 0.9 181 2.3 24 3.0
Other Midwife 206 0.6 197 0.7 2 0.0 7 0.9
Other 157 0.4 98 0.4 53 0.7 6 0.8
Unknown 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
O. Method of Delivery
Vaginal 26,573 72.9 20,317 73.0 5,599 71.7 638 80.1
VBAC 835 2.3 622 2.2 196 2.5 16 2.0
Primary C-Section 5,427 14.9 4,113 14.8 1,211 15.5 99 12.4
Repeat C-Section 3,556 9.8 2,722 9.8 791 10.1 42 5.3
Not Reported 59 0.2 40 0.1 14 0.2 2 0.3
P. Plurality
Single 35,481 97.3 27,088 97.4 7,579 97.0 786 98.6
Twin 941 2.6 705 2.5 228 2.9 8 1.0
Triplet 27 0.1 21 0.1 3 0.0 3 0.4
Unknown 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0
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