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Table 1 Percentage of live births in malpractice crisis states in high and low medical liability regions in 2004[11]

From: Trends in prenatal cares settings: association with medical liability

High Medical Liability Region

Low Medical Liability Region

States

Live Births

States

Live Births

Crisis

 

Crisis

 

   Alabama

59,510

   Illinois

180,778

   Arkansas

38,573

   Missouri

77,765

   Connecticut

42,095

   Nevada

35,200

   District of Columbia

7,933

   North Dakota

8,189

   Florida

218,053

   Ohio

148,954

   Georgia

138,849

   Oregon

45,678

   Kentucky

55,720

   Utah

50,670

   Maryland

74,628

   Washington

81,747

   Mississippi

42,827

   Wyoming

6,807

   New Jersey

115,253

  

   New York

249,947

Total crisis state live births

635,788

   North Carolina

119,847

  

   Pennsylvania

144,748

Non-crisis

 

   Texas

381,293

   Alaska

10,338

   Virginia

103,933

   Arizona

93,663

   West Virginia

20,880

   California

544,843

  

   Colorado

68,503

Total crisis state live births

1,814,089

   Hawaii

18,281

  

   Idaho

22,532

Non-crisis

 

   Indiana

87,142

   Delaware

11,369

   Iowa

38,438

   Louisiana

65,369

   Kansas

39,669

   Maine

13,944

   Michigan

129,776

   Massachusetts

78,484

   Minnesota

70,624

   New Hampshire

14,565

   Montana

11,519

   Oklahoma

51,306

   Nebraska

26,332

   Rhode Island

12,779

   New Mexico

28,384

   South Carolina

56,590

   South Dakota

11,338

   Tennessee

79,642

   Wisconsin

70,146

   Vermont

6,599

  

Total non-crisis state live births

390,647

Total non-crisis state live births

1,271,528

Regional Total

2,204,736

Regional Total

1,907,316

% of live births in crisis states (1,814,089/2,204,736)

82.3%

% of live births in crisis states (635,788/1,907,316)

33.3%

  1. Crisis state = ACOG "Red Alert" or AMA "Crisis" designation.