Live Births by Place of Delivery and Type of Attendant,
Michigan Residents, 2024

Attendant Place of Delivery
Total Hospital Intended
Home Birth
Freestanding
Birthing Clinic
Other and
Unknown1
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 99,420 100.0 96,977 100.0 1,769 100.0 401 100.0 273 100.0
Physician, M.D. 61,214 61.6 61,114 63.0 22 1.2 –   -   78 28.6
Physician, D.O. 22,632 22.8 22,608 23.3 –   -   –   -   24 8.8
Nurse, Nurse-midwife or Midwife 13,069 13.1 12,916 13.3 115 6.5 23 5.7 15 5.5
Other 2,505 2.5 339 0.3 1,632 92.3 378 94.3 156 57.1

 

Notes: 1Includes unintended home births.
2May or may not be certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

Source: 2024 Michigan Resident Birth File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.