Table 3.

Montana Births by Facility Type and LOCATe-Assessed Level of Neonatal Care and Maternal Care, 2021 N = 11,247^a

Facility Type	Births n (%)
	Level of Neonatal Care	Level of Maternal Care
< Level I	N/A	708 (6.3)
Level I	1435 (12.8)	1838 (16.3)
Level II	3561 (31.7)	5514 (49.0)
Level III & Level IV	5613 (49.9)	2549 (22.7)
Births occurring outside a LOCATe-Assessed Facility
Other hospital birthsb	141 (1.3)
Birth centersc	171 (1.5)
Home births	326 (2.9)

^aMontana Vital Records

^bBirths occurring in a birthing hospital that does not have a LOCATe-assessed level of care and/or non-birthing hospitals

^cAccredited Birth Centers (free-standing facilities that are not hospitals) provide care for low-risk women with uncomplicated singleton term vertex pregnancies who are expected to have an uncomplicated birth