Table 3.
Percent VBAC delivery by maternal ethnicity, Massachusetts 1996–2010 and 2006–2010
| Ethnicity | 1996–2010 (N = 119, 752)
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2006–2010 (N = 46, 081)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | % VBAC | n (%) | % VBAC | |
| American | 55,432 (46.3) | 18.2 | 18,875 (41.0) | 8.3 |
| African-American | 3796 (3.2) | 19.8 | 1553 (3.4) | 10.8 |
| Native American | 380 (0.3) | 16.3 | 141 (0.3) | 5.7 |
| Puerto Rican | 6581 (5.5) | 19.0 | 2665 (5.8) | 9.3 |
| Dominican | 3478 (2.9) | 13.8 | 1531 (3.3) | 7.6 |
| Mexican | 719 (0.6) | 18.1 | 346 (0.8) | 12.7 |
| Columbian | 528 (0.4) | 17.4 | 193 (0.4) | 7.8 |
| Salvadoran | 1036 (0.9) | 16.7 | 553 (1.2) | 11.6 |
| Other Central American | 1271 (1.1) | 21.2 | 611 (1.3) | 16.0 |
| Other Hispanic | 273 (0.2) | 23.1 | 91 (0.2) | 9.9 |
| Haitian | 2032 (1.7) | 13.6 | 861 (1.9) | 6.6 |
| Jamaican | 382 (0.3) | 18.6 | 147 (0.3) | 10.9 |
| Other West Indian/Caribbean | 563 (0.5) | 19.5 | 192 (0.4) | 7.8 |
| Cape Verdean | 1151 (1.0) | 17.9 | 524 (1.1) | 9.4 |
| Brazilian | 3568 (3.0) | 5.8 | 1959 (4.3) | 3.0 |
| Other Portuguese | 2003 (1.7) | 12.3 | 694 (1.5) | 3.6 |
| European | 23,324 (19.5) | 17.3 | 9311 (20.2) | 9.8 |
| Lebanese | 447 (0.4) | 16.8 | 172 (0.4) | 6.4 |
| Other Middle Eastern | 833 (0.7) | 18.5 | 383 (0.8) | 13.6 |
| Nigerian | 437 (0.4) | 18.3 | 162 (0.4) | 7.4 |
| Other African | 1670 (1.4) | 14.6 | 974 (2.1) | 11.1 |
| Asian Indian | 1726 (1.4) | 13.8 | 964 (2.1) | 8.6 |
| Chinese | 1681 (1.4) | 21.3 | 736 (1.6) | 14.5 |
| Vietnamese | 856 (0.7) | 22.2 | 380 (0.8) | 13.7 |
| Cambodian | 443 (0.4) | 29.3 | 204 (0.4) | 14.2 |
| Korean | 443 (0.4) | 19.0 | 219 (0.5) | 12.8 |
| Filipino | 382 (0.3) | 18.1 | 177 (0.4) | 11.9 |
| Japanese | 169 (0.1) | 24.9 | 71 (0.2) | 16.9 |
| Other Asian/Pacific Islander | 726 (0.6) | 21.1 | 350 (0.8) | 14.3 |
| Other | 2578 (2.2) | 22.8 | 697 (1.5) | 11.0 |
| Total | 119,752 (100) | 17.6 | 46,081 (100) | 9.0 |