This statistic displays the total number of births in hospitals in the United States from 1946 to 2019. In 2019, there were around 3.6 million births in hospitals located in the country. The majority of registered hospitals in the United States are considered community hospitals.

As of 2016, the top U.S. hospital for child birth is Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. All hospitals are required, by law, to report and provide access to birth records through the federal National Vital Statistics system. The U.S. system of reporting births (and deaths) is funded by individual States as well as through the National Center for Health Statistics.

Georgia birth data

Georgia is one of the most populous states in the United States. The metropolitan area with the highest birth rate in the U.S. was Hinesville, Georgia. Hinesville is located in the south eastern section of the state of Georgia. Despite having the hospital that delivers the most babies in the U.S., Georgia does not have one of highest birth rates in the U.S. As of 2017, Utah had the highest birth rate in the United States.

Birth-related developments

The number of U.S. births has remained relatively stable since 1990. Despite having a relatively stable birth rate, the number bassinet available in U.S. hospitals is on the decline. Birth rates, however, show variation among different U.S. populations. Mothers of American Indian or Alaska Native descent tend to have higher birth rates than other ethnicities.

California Birth Report totals by Birth Characteristics to inform the public, stakeholders, and researchers.

The DHCS Medi-Cal Birth Statistics tables present the descriptive statistics for California resident births that occurred in a hospital setting, including data on maternal characteristics, delivery methods, and select birth outcomes such as low birthweight and preterm delivery. Tables also include key comorbidities and health behaviors known to influence birth outcomes, such as hypertension, diabetes, substance use, pre-pregnancy weight, and smoking during pregnancy.

DHCS additionally presents birth statistics for women participating in the Medi-Cal Fee-For-Service (FFS) and managed care delivery systems, as well as births financed by private insurance, births financed by other public funding sources, and births among uninsured mothers. Medi-Cal data reflect mothers that were deemed as Medi-Cal certified eligible.

Note: Data for maternal comorbidities including hypertension, diabetes, and substance use have been provisionally omitted among calendar years 2020-2022 for the time being.

Births that occurred by hospital name. Birth events of 5 or more per hospital location are displayed

Number and percentage of live births and fetal deaths (stillbirths), by place of birth (hospital or non-hospital), 1991 to most recent year.

This dataset contains counts of in-hospital births by mother’s age groups (i.e., teen mothers, typical aged mothers and older mothers) based on the mother’s county of residence and year. This dataset does not include all births in California; only those births that occurred in a hospital.

Modified on October 11, 2018

This dataset contains counts of live births for California counties based on information entered on birth certificates. Final counts are derived from static data and include out of state births to California residents, whereas provisional counts are derived from incomplete and dynamic data. Provisional counts are based on the records available when the data was retrieved and may not represent all births that occurred during the time period.

The final data tables include both births that occurred in California regardless of the place of residence (by occurrence) and births to California residents (by residence), whereas the provisional data table only includes births that occurred in California regardless of the place of residence (by occurrence). The data are reported as totals, as well as stratified by parent giving birth's age, parent giving birth's race-ethnicity, and birth place type. See temporal coverage for more information on which strata are available for which years.

This chart show the percentage of cesarean births and vaginal births by hospital. This dataset contains information reported by hospitals required to be compliant with New York State’s Maternity Information Law. This information can help you to better understand what to expect, to learn more about your childbirth choices, and to plan for your baby’s birth. To view the maternity information law, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/facilities/hospital/maternity/public_health_law_section_2803-j.htm. To view the Maternity Information Brochure, visit: http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2935.pdf. In addition, this data is also displayed on the New York State Health Profiles website at http://profiles.health.ny.gov/hospital.

Singapore Total Live Births: Place of Occurrence: Public Sector Hospitals data was reported at 17,911.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 17,895.000 Person for 2016. Singapore Total Live Births: Place of Occurrence: Public Sector Hospitals data is updated yearly, averaging 21,064.500 Person from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2017, with 40 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34,354.000 Person in 1979 and a record low of 15,312.000 Person in 2010. Singapore Total Live Births: Place of Occurrence: Public Sector Hospitals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.G004: Vital Statistics: Live Birth.

In 2023, around 85 percent of infants in the United States were being breastfed at discharge from the hospital, highlighting a strong trend towards early breastfeeding. This statistic shows select medical and health characteristics of mothers during pregnancy and birth in the United States in 2023.

Maternal health and birth characteristics The data reveals that 59.7 percent of delivering mothers in the U.S. were overweight or obese in 2023, a concerning statistic for maternal health. Additionally, 32.3 percent of births were via cesarean delivery, while only 1.5 percent were home births. Home birth rates vary by state, with Idaho having the highest at 4.7 percent. Despite the low overall rate of home births, some women choose this option for reasons including less medical intervention, location preference, cost, and cultural or religious factors. Declining birth rates and changing demographics The overall birth rate in the United States has been steadily declining over the past few decades. In 2022, there were 11 births per 1,000 population, down from 16.7 in 1990. This decline is influenced by various factors, including financial concerns and increased focus on careers among women. Interestingly, birth rates vary significantly across different ethnic groups, with Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women having the highest birth rates, while Asian and white women have the lowest.

In 2022, roughly ** percent of births around the world were attended by skilled health personnel such as doctors, nurses, or midwives. Access to skilled professionals when giving birth was nearly always available in more developed regions. However, only ** percent of births in the least developed countries worldwide were attended by skilled health personnel.

This is a publication on maternity activity in English NHS hospitals. This report examines data relating to delivery and birth episodes in 2023-24, and the booking appointments for these deliveries. This annual publication covers the financial year ending March 2024. Data is included from both the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data warehouse and the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS). HES contains records of all admissions, appointments and attendances for patients admitted to NHS hospitals in England. The HES data used in this publication are called 'delivery episodes'. The MSDS collects records of each stage of the maternity service care pathway in NHS-funded maternity services, and includes information not recorded in HES. The MSDS is a maturing, national-level dataset. In April 2019, the MSDS transitioned to a new version of the dataset. This version, MSDS v2.0, is an update that introduced a new structure and content - including clinical terminology, in order to meet current clinical practice and incorporate new requirements. It is designed to meet requirements that resulted from the National Maternity Review, which led to the publication of the Better Births report in February 2016. This is the fifth publication of data from MSDS v2.0 and data from 2019-20 onwards is not directly comparable to data from previous years. This publication shows the number of HES delivery episodes during the period, with a number of breakdowns including by method of onset of labour, delivery method and place of delivery. It also shows the number of MSDS deliveries recorded during the period, with a breakdown for the mother's smoking status at the booking appointment by age group. It also provides counts of live born term babies with breakdowns for the general condition of newborns (via Apgar scores), skin-to-skin contact and baby's first feed type - all immediately after birth. There is also data available in a separate file on breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks. For the first time information on 'Smoking at Time of Delivery' has been presented using annual data from the MSDS. This includes national data broken down by maternal age, ethnicity and deprivation. From 2025/2026, MSDS will become the official source of 'Smoking at Time of Delivery' information and will replace the historic 'Smoking at Time of Delivery' data which is to become retired. We are currently undergoing dual collection and reporting on a quarterly basis for 2024/25 to help users compare information from the two sources. We are working with data submitters to help reconcile any discrepancies at a local level before any close down activities begin. A link to the dual reporting in the SATOD publication series can be found in the links below. Information on how all measures are constructed can be found in the HES Metadata and MSDS Metadata files provided below. In this publication we have also included an interactive Power BI dashboard to enable users to explore key NHS Maternity Statistics measures. The purpose of this publication is to inform and support strategic and policy-led processes for the benefit of patient care. This report will also be of interest to researchers, journalists and members of the public interested in NHS hospital activity in England. Any feedback on this publication or dashboard can be provided to enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk, under the subject “NHS Maternity Statistics”.

In fiscal year 2020, over ************ children in India were born through institutional deliveries, and a little over *** thousand were home births. The overall data shows a growing trend of institutional deliveries at hospitals or primary health centres, compared to ones at home. This indicated an improvement in India’s efforts at improving maternity care facilities.

Childbirth assistance

However, this does not guarantee proper care and attention to the millions of expectant mothers each year in this south-Asian country. In the first half of 2020, over *** thousand women in the state of Uttar Pradesh were reported to have given birth at home. Of these, only about ** thousand women delivered with the help of skilled birth attendants.

Decline in maternal mortality

In order to improve these metrics, the government has established the world’s largest network of grass root healthcare workers for pregnant women. This has helped reduce the maternal mortality rate by a considerable margin over the last two decades. From about *** pregnancy-related deaths for every 100,000 live births in 1995, the country’s maternal mortality ratio has gone down to *** in 2015.

This dataset tracks the updates made on the dataset "Medi-Cal Birth Statistics, by Select Characteristics and California Resident Hospital Births" as a repository for previous versions of the data and metadata.

The data shows the number of Institutional Deliveries at District Hospitals in yearly distributions in different states of India . Note:-(1)The proportion of births occurring in health facilities in the area, or 'institutional births' or 'institutional deliveries'.

VSA103 - Total Number of Hospital Births. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Total Number of Hospital Births...

This dataset tracks the updates made on the dataset "Medi-Cal Birth Statistics, by Select Characteristics and California Resident Hospital Births" as a repository for previous versions of the data and metadata.

In 2023, the vast majority of live births in England and Wales occurred in hospitals, with just over 10,000 taking place at home, and 850 taking place elsewhere, compared with around 580,000 at hospitals.

In 2023, 677,592 live births were recorded in German hospitals, compared to 2,844 stillbirths. Germany's crude birth rate was lower, compared to some European countries.

This statistic shows the average cost per pediatric hospital stay for complicated births in the U.S. in 2016, by type of complication. During this year, the highest average cost per pediatric hospital stay was 69,700 U.S. dollars for births with extreme immaturity or respiratory distress syndrome.