Table 60b

Types of patient care in hospital practices of family physicians* by census division and practice location, May 2004

Census Division		Respondents	OB VBAC Percent	OB C-Sections Percent	Tubal Ligation Percent	Dilatation and Curettage Percent	Surgery Assisting Percent	Surgery Minor Percent
All Divisions
	Urban	1,198	5	1.4	1.2	4.7	18.1	24.6
	Rural	413	11.8**	13.3**	12.2**	22.1**	37.9**	45.0**
New England
	Urban	114	3.5	0.9	0	0.9	8.8	14
	Rural	51	7.8	2	2	3.9	25.5	31.4
Middle Atlantic
	Urban	170	1.8	1.2	0	0.6	2.9	15.3
	Rural	20	5.0	5	5	5	20	30
East North Central
	Urban	141	4.3	1.4	0.7	5	16.3	24.1
	Rural	50	16	10	6	24	48	38
West North Central
	Urban	127	11	2.4	2.4	15	30.7	33.1
	Rural	85	15.3	20.0**	16.5**	42.4**	61.2**	68.2**
South Atlantic
	Urban	126	0.8	0	0	0	2.4	15.9
	Rural	31	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	6.5	22.6
East South Central
	Urban	92	6.5	1.1	1.1	1.1	5.4	13
	Rural	60	8.3	6.7	8.3	13.3**	16.7	31.7**
West South Central
	Urban	113	3.5	1.8	0.9	4.4	10.6	25.7
	Rural	53	17	22.6**	26.4**	26.4**	34.0**	52.8**
Montain
	Urban	144	11.8	3.5	2.8	9	32.6	32.6
	Rural	38	13.2	31.6**	26.3**	28.9**	50	60.5**
Pacific
	Urban	171	7	2.9	3.5	7.6	45	38.6
	Rural	24	8.3	12.5	12.5	20.8	54.2	54.2
Includes ony active respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Estimates were adjusted by the sampling fraction and the response percentage for each division. *Statistically significant at P=.025 using a standardized normal Z test for comparing proportions, a one-tailed test.
Source: American Academy of Family Physicians. Practice Profile I Survey, May 2004.