Table 61

Babies delivered in 2008 by family physicians* who have hospital privileges by census division and practice location, July 2009

Census Division		Respondents	Percent of Physicians Reporting They Delivered One or More Babies	Mean Number of Babies Delivered**
Total		1,010	28%	30
	Urban	740	30%	29
	Rural	261	32%	32

New England		31	18%	14
	Urban	15	27%	14
	Rural	16	9%	12

Middle Atlantic		81	8%	50
	Urban	71	7%	50
	Rural	10	13%	50

East North Central		184	29%	31
	Urban	131	27%	34
	Rural	50	31%	22

West North Central		126	42%	23
	Urban	71	37%	20
	Rural	55	50%	27

South Atlantic		159	15%	25
	Urban	148	14%	23
	Rural	35	18%	32

East South Central		54	****	***
	Urban	28	***	***
	Rural	26	***	***

West South Central		110	20%	51
	Urban	82	14%	38
	Rural	28	32%	60

Mountain		96	26%	33
	Urban	74	30%	38
	Rural	21	15%	7

Pacific		137	40%	29
	Urban	119	37%	29
	Rural	18	62%	32
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. **No physicians in the sample met the criteria in the footnotes above.
Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, July 2009.