Table 61

Babies delivered in 2003 by family physicians* who have hospital privileges by census division and practice location, July 2008

Census Division		Respondents	Percent of Physicians Reporting They Delivered One or More Babies	Mean Number of Babies Delivered**
Total		1,040	36.9%	40.8
	Urban	775	34.6%	34.6
	Rural	265	43.9%	49.3

New England		48	28.6%	21.7
	Urban	37	30.1%	18.4
	Rural	11	23.8%	30.7

Middle Atlantic		100	25.0%	27.7
	Urban	86	26.0%	29.0
	Rural	14	19.0%	15.0

East North Central		188	36.6%	30.8
	Urban	142	33.8%	27.4
	Rural	47	45.0%	37.3

West North Central		141	50.9%	29.6
	Urban	73	43.5%	27.5
	Rural	67	58.9%	31.0

South Atlantic		180	34.7%	32.5
	Urban	148	35.5%	34.0
	Rural	31	31.3%	20.0

East South Central		61	32.1%	91.0
	Urban	31	40.3%	75.0
	Rural	31	24.0%	92.6

West South Central		97	25.4%	75.5
	Urban	72	22.0%	28.3
	Rural	26	34.9%	109.6

Mountain		86	47.6%	51.5
	Urban	65	42.4%	42.1
	Rural	21	63.6%	63.3

Pacific		139	41.2%	49.9
	Urban	121	42.2%	52.9
	Rural	17	33.9%	34.0
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. *By those physicians reporting that they delivered one or more babies.
Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, July 2008.