Table 52
Attendance of newborns at C-section by family physicians* by census division, July 2008
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| Census Division | Total | Performed in Hospital Practice (%) | Performed only with Consultation (%) | Not Desired (%) | Privileges Denied (%) | Liability Prohibitive (%) | Fear of Liability Suit (%) | No Hospital Department (%) | Reason Not Reported (%) | Not Reported (%) |
| Total | 900 | 31.3% | 0.9% | 55.2% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 6.4% | 35.0% | 9.1% |
| New England | 42 | 16.7% | 2.4% | 68.3% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.4% | 26.8% | 7.1% |
| Mid Atlantic | 87 | 18.4% | 1.1% | 58.1% | 4.7% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 8.1% | 27.9% | 9.2% |
| East North Central | 175 | 42.3% | 0.6% | 60.8% | 0.8% | 3.2% | 0.8% | 4.8% | 29.6% | 5.1% |
| West North Central | 130 | 58.5% | 0.0% | 52.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 7.1% | 38.6% | 6.9% |
| South Atlantic | 134 | 10.4% | 1.5% | 49.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 4.7% | 43.8% | 14.9% |
| East South Central | 54 | 29.6% | 1.9% | 46.8% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 10.6% | 38.3% | 7.4% |
| West South Central | 90 | 22.2% | 0.0% | 62.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.4% | 7.3% | 28.0% | 8.9% |
| Mountain | 75 | 36.0% | 1.3% | 53.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 36.7% | 10.7% |
| Pacific | 113 | 28.3% | 0.9% | 51.8% | 4.4% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 6.1% | 36.8% | 11.5% |
*Includes only active member respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Estimated percentages were adjusted by the sampling fraction and the response percentage for selected characteristics. |
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Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, July 2008. |
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