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.

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.

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

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”.

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

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.

This is a publication on maternity activity in English NHS hospitals. This report examines data relating to delivery and birth episodes in 2022-23, and the booking appointments for these deliveries. This annual publication covers the financial year ending March 2023. 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 fourth 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 breakdowns including the baby's first feed type, birthweight, place of birth, and breastfeeding activity; and the mothers' ethnicity and age at booking. There is also data available in a separate file on breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks. The count of Total Babies includes both live and still births, and previous changes to how Total Babies and Total Deliveries were calculated means that comparisons between 2019-20 MSDS data and later years should be made with care. 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”.

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.

Analysis of ‘Medi-Cal Birth Statistics, by Select Characteristics and California Resident Hospital Births’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/82b4885d-2883-4755-bc26-dcc058636e89 on 26 January 2022.

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

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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.

The states in the U.S. with the highest home birth rates in 2023 were Idaho, Montana, and Hawaii. At that time, around 4.7 percent of all births in Idaho occurred at home, while 3.9 percent of births in Montana were home births. Home births Home births are selected by women in the U.S. for a variety of reasons that may include, a preference for less medical intervention, a location preference, cost, and a cultural or religious preference. In general, home births are not very common in the United States. In 2023, just 1.5 percent of births in the U.S. occurred at home. U.S. births Generally, births in the U.S. have been on the decline in recent years. Women aged 20 to 34 years have the highest birth rates, and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander women have higher birth rates than women of other race/ethnicities. Family size and income also have an impact on birth rates. Households with an income under 10,000 U.S. dollars have a higher birth rate than higher household income brackets.

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 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.

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.

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 statistical release makes available the most recent monthly data on NHS-funded maternity services in England, using data submitted to the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS). This is the latest report from the newest version of the data set, MSDS.v.2, which has been in place since April 2019. The new data set was a significant change which added support for key policy initiatives such as continuity of carer, as well as increased flexibility through the introduction of new clinical coding. This was a major change, so data quality and coverage initially reduced from the levels seen in earlier publications. MSDS.v.2 data completeness improved over time, and we are looking at ways of supporting further improvements. This publication also includes the National Maternity Dashboard, which can be accessed via the link below. Data derived from SNOMED codes is used in some measures such as those for birthweight, and others will follow in later publications. SNOMED data is also included in some of the published Clinical Quality Improvement Metrics (CQIMs), where rules have been applied to ensure measure rates are calculated only where data quality is high enough. System suppliers are at different stages of development and delivery to trusts. In some cases, this has limited the aspects of data that can be submitted in the MSDS. To help Trusts understand to what extent they met the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) Data Quality Criteria for Safety Action 2 Year 6, we have been producing a CNST Scorecard Dashboard showing trust performance against this criteria. The final results for the CNST MIS Y6 SA2 assessment, using July 2024 data, are now available in this dashboard, and can be accessed via the link below. This dashboard also includes data for a few non-CNST MSDS data quality priorities and last month we introduced into the dashboard a new data quality measure on birth site code recording, in accordance with Maternity and Neonatal Programme priorities. This new measure will not be assessed as part of the Maternity Incentive Scheme. This month, a small improvement was made to how the CQIMReadmissions metric uses discharge date information and this has resulted in a small change in the data output. As a result, the published CQIMReadmissions figures from this month's publication onwards are not fully comparable to the figures from earlier months. Last month, MSDS metrics published to support Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle (SBLCB) monitoring were updated to align with the contents of SBLCB version 3. As a result some SBLCB version 2 metrics have been removed from the Measures file and others have been renamed to align with SBLCB version 3 naming conventions. More information about the CQIMReadmissions change and the MSDS metrics published to support SBLCB are available in the accompanying Metadata file. The percentages presented in this report are based on rounded figures and therefore may not total to 100%.

Singapore Total Live Births: Place of Occurrence: Private Sector Hospitals data was reported at 21,497.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 23,191.000 Person for 2016. Singapore Total Live Births: Place of Occurrence: Private Sector Hospitals data is updated yearly, averaging 23,023.500 Person from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2017, with 40 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27,449.000 Person in 1996 and a record low of 4,008.000 Person in 1978. Singapore Total Live Births: Place of Occurrence: Private 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 2023/24, around 23.7 percent of all childbirths in England were an emergency caesarean, while around 18.7 percent were an elective caesarean. These figures represent an increase in caesarean births from the last two years.

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 scatter chart displays hospital beds (per 1,000 people) against birth rate (per 1,000 people). The data is about regions.