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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH CHARACTERISTICS BY RACE OF MOTHER
ARKANSAS 1995
--------------- Race of Mother ---------------
Total White Black Other
No. Pct No. Pct No. Pct No. Pct
M. Place of Birth
Hospital 34,813 99.0 26,559 98.9 7,638 99.6 601 99.3
Birthing Center 24 0.1 24 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Clinic/Doctor's Office 3 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.2
Residence 285 0.8 257 1.0 26 0.3 2 0.3
Other 28 0.1 17 0.1 7 0.1 1 0.2
Unknown 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
N. Attendant at Birth
M.D. 33,554 95.4 25,815 96.1 7,159 93.3 566 93.6
D.O. 816 2.3 524 2.0 278 3.6 14 2.3
C.N.M. 454 1.3 235 0.9 197 2.6 21 3.5
Other Midwife 187 0.5 183 0.7 2 0.0 2 0.3
Other 131 0.4 97 0.4 32 0.4 2 0.3
Unknown 12 0.0 6 0.0 3 0.0 0 0.0
O. Method of Delivery
Vaginal 25,186 71.6 19,231 71.6 5,478 71.4 467 77.2
VBAC 836 2.4 649 2.4 175 2.3 12 2.0
Primary C-Section 5,534 15.7 4,218 15.7 1,227 16.0 87 14.4
Repeat C-Section 3,501 10.0 2,707 10.1 756 9.9 37 6.1
Not Reported 97 0.3 55 0.2 35 0.5 2 0.3
P. Plurality
Single 34,312 97.6 26,249 97.7 7,452 97.1 596 98.5
Twin 811 2.3 583 2.2 219 2.9 9 1.5
Triplet 24 0.1 24 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Quadruplet 4 0.0 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Unknown 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
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