Birth attendant and race/ethnicity, US planned home births, 50 states and DC, 2023

Race/ethnicity	MD+DO (%)	CNM (%)	Other midwife (%)	Other (%)	Total (%)	Number of cases
All	0.4	25.2	59.8	14.5	100	47,116
WNH	0.3	25.4	60.2	14.1	100	38.420
BNH	1.6	28.2	51.4	18.9	100	2107
Hispanic	0.6	22.9	64.9	10.6	100	3746
All other^*	0.8	23.9	61.8	14.5	100	1994
Number of cases by each type of provider	193	11,881	28,198	6844

BNH: Black non-Hispanic; CNM: certified nurse midwife; DO: doctor of osteopathic medicine; MD: medical doctor; WNH: White non-Hispanic.

* "All" includes cases where either attendant or race/ethnicity is unspecified.

About Natality, 2016-2023 expanded. CDC, NCHS, NVSS, Natality on CDC WONDER Online Database. Available at: http://wonder.cdc.gov/natality-expanded-current.html. (Accessed on December 26, 2024).

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