Table 1:
Labor neuraxial analgesia utilization rate (28 US states, 2009–2013).
| Missing | Number of birth certificates | Number of birth certificates recording labor neuraxial analgesia | Labor neuraxial analgesia utilization rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All women | 0 | |||
| 21 to 25- and 27 to 31 years | 4,515,667 | 3,033,129 | 67.2% | |
| Health insurance | 60,559 | |||
| Medicaid | 2,083,661 | 1,310,913 | 62.9% | |
| Private insurance | 1,926,322 | 1,417,916 | 73.6% | |
| Self-pay | 182,240 | 94,000 | 51.6% | |
| Other | 262,885 | 177,289 | 67.4% | |
| Maternal race and ethnicity | 35,582 | |||
| White | 2,401,109 | 1,771,921 | 73.8% | |
| Black | 569,970 | 384,498 | 67.5% | |
| Other | 278,480 | 178,379 | 64.0% | |
| Hispanic | 1,230,526 | 673,623 | 54.7% | |
| Parity | 54,613 | |||
| Parous | 3,056,752 | 1,952,473 | 63.9% | |
| Nulliparous | 1,404,302 | 1,045,904 | 74.5% |