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% |