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Table 12
Percent of Births by Place and Type of Attendant
Indiana, 1998
TYPE OF
ATTENDANT
Total Place of Birth
Hospital Birth Center Clinic/ Office Home Other Unknown
MD 89.2 90.4 43.3 25.0 7.4 16.4 0.0
DO* 5.1 5.0 31.6 75.0 0.7 5.5 0.0
CNM** 2.8 2.6 24.3 0.0 11.5 23.6 0.0
Other Midwife 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.3 0.0 0.0
Other 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.0 69.6 45.4 0.0
Unknown 1.2 1.2 0.5 0.0 1.5 9.1 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

* Doctor of Osteopathy ** Certified Nurse Midwife SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team

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