TABLE 1.
Ratio of perinatal subspecialists per 10,000 live births by state and US Department of Health and Human Services region, 2012
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| I | United States | 1880 | 4.8 | 4754 | 12.0 |
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| Connecticut | 42 | 11.5 | 71 | 19.4 | |
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| Maine | 4 | 3.1 | 18 | 14.1 | |
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| Massachusetts | 53 | 7.3 | 127 | 17.5 | |
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| New Hampshire | 7 | 5.7 | 15 | 12.1 | |
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| Rhode Island | 11 | 10.1 | 17 | 15.6 | |
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| Vermont | 6 | 10.0 | 8 | 13.3 | |
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| Regional | 123 | 8.1 | 256 | 16.9 | |
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| II | New Jersey | 79 | 7.6 | 160 | 15.4 |
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| New York | 194 | 8.1 | 351 | 14.6 | |
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| Regional | 273 | 7.9 | 511 | 14.8 | |
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| III | Delaware | 8 | 7.3 | 19 | 17.2 |
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| District of Columbia | 13 | 13.8 | 61 | 64.9 | |
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| Maryland | 40 | 5.5 | 108 | 14.8 | |
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| Pennsylvania | 103 | 7.2 | 251 | 17.6 | |
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| Virginia | 36 | 3.5 | 128 | 12.4 | |
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| West Virginia | 3 | 1.4 | 20 | 9.6 | |
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| Regional | 203 | 5.6 | 587 | 16.3 | |
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| IV | Alabama | 25 | 4.3 | 45 | 7.7 |
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| Florida | 76 | 3.6 | 292 | 13.7 | |
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| Georgia | 47 | 3.6 | 108 | 8.3 | |
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| Kentucky | 29 | 5.2 | 63 | 11.3 | |
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| Mississippi | 10 | 2.6 | 33 | 8.5 | |
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| North Carolina | 53 | 4.4 | 138 | 11.5 | |
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| South Carolina | 22 | 3.8 | 58 | 10.1 | |
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| Tennessee | 31 | 3.9 | 97 | 12.1 | |
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| Regional | 293 | 3.9 | 834 | 11.1 | |
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| V | Illinois | 80 | 5.0 | 241 | 15.1 |
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| Indiana | 24 | 2.9 | 108 | 13.0 | |
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| Michigan | 59 | 5.2 | 119 | 10.5 | |
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| Minnesota | 8 | 1.2 | 70 | 10.2 | |
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| Ohio | 77 | 5.6 | 175 | 12.6 | |
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| Wisconsin | 26 | 3.9 | 78 | 11.6 | |
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| Regional | 274 | 4.3 | 791 | 12.6 | |
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| VI | Arkansas | 7 | 1.8 | 29 | 7.6 |
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| Louisiana | 21 | 3.4 | 66 | 10.5 | |
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| New Mexico | 16 | 5.9 | 40 | 14.8 | |
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| Oklahoma | 11 | 2.1 | 43 | 8.2 | |
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| Texas | 149 | 3.9 | 407 | 10.6 | |
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| Regional | 204 | 3.6 | 585 | 10.4 | |
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| VII | Iowa | 15 | 3.9 | 48 | 12.4 |
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| Kansas | 10 | 2.5 | 23 | 5.7 | |
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| Missouri | 46 | 6.1 | 133 | 17.6 | |
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| Nebraska | 13 | 5.0 | 17 | 6.6 | |
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| Regional | 84 | 4.7 | 221 | 12.2 | |
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| VIII | Colorado | 29 | 4.4 | 65 | 10.0 |
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| Montana | 3 | 2.5 | 7 | 5.8 | |
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| North Dakota | 1 | 1.0 | 12 | 11.9 | |
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| South Dakota | 4 | 3.3 | 12 | 9.9 | |
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| Utah | 21 | 4.1 | 47 | 9.1 | |
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| Wyoming | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.3 | |
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| Regional | 58 | 3.7 | 144 | 9.1 | |
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| IX | Arizona | 38 | 4.4 | 64 | 7.4 |
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| California | 200 | 4.0 | 598 | 11.9 | |
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| Hawaii | 6 | 3.2 | 22 | 11.6 | |
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| Nevada | 24 | 6.9 | 21 | 6.0 | |
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| Regional | 268 | 4.2 | 705 | 10.9 | |
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| X | Alaska | 3 | 2.7 | 6 | 5.4 |
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| Idaho | 5 | 2.2 | 13 | 5.7 | |
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| Oregon | 38 | 8.4 | 43 | 9.5 | |
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| Washington | 54 | 6.2 | 58 | 6.6 | |
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| Regional | 100 | 6.0 | 120 | 7.2 | |
Data sources included the following: live births, US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics; natality public use data 2012 subspecialists, national provider index, October 2013.
HHS, Health and Human Services.