Number and percentage of live births, by month of birth, 1991 to most recent year.

United States US: Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff: % of Total data was reported at 99.100 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 98.500 % for 2014. United States US: Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff: % of Total data is updated yearly, averaging 99.300 % from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2015, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 99.500 % in 2002 and a record low of 98.500 % in 2014. United States US: Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff: % of Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns.; ; UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.; Weighted average; Assistance by trained professionals during birth reduces the incidence of maternal deaths during childbirth. The share of births attended by skilled health staff is an indicator of a health system’s ability to provide adequate care for pregnant women.

Listening to Mothers II, a national survey of women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals in 2005, continued to break new ground. In addition to documenting many core items measured in the first survey, the second survey also explored earlier topics in greater depth and some new and timely topics. Topics covered in Listening to Mothers II report include: Planning for pregnancy and the pregnancy experience — prenatal care, childbirth education, TV shows depicting birth and more; Women's ex perience giving birth — caregivers, labor induction and other interventions, feelings while giving birth, vaginal and cesarean births, and more; Home with a new baby — breastfeeding, physical well-being, mental health and more; Experience with employment and health insurance; Choice, control, knowledge and decision making — who should make decisions, knowledge needed for decisions, pressure to have interventions and more; Some important variation — comparisons between women with vaginal birth and cesarean section, first-time and experienced mothers and by race/ethnicity.

Listening to Mothers Postpartum (2008), is a follow-up survey to Listening to Mothers II, a national survey of women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals in 2005. Mothers were recontacted six months after they participated in LTM II and were provided with an opportunity to describe their postpartum experiences. New Mothers Speak Out focuses on postpartum experiences, as measured in both the Listening to Mothers II and Listening to Mothers II Postpartum surveys.