Table 12 Percent of Births by Place and Type of Attendant Indiana, 1998 |
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TYPE OF ATTENDANT |
Total | Place of Birth | |||||
Hospital | Birth Center | Clinic/ Office | Home | Other | Unknown | ||
MD | 89.2 | 90.4 | 43.3 | 25.0 | 7.4 | 16.4 | 0.0 |
DO* | 5.1 | 5.0 | 31.6 | 75.0 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
CNM** | 2.8 | 2.6 | 24.3 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 23.6 | 0.0 |
Other Midwife | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Other | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 69.6 | 45.4 | 0.0 |
Unknown | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
* Doctor of Osteopathy ** Certified Nurse Midwife SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team |