Table 1.
Year | Physicians | Non-Physicians | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births (N) | Maternal Age (years) | Births (N) | Maternal Age (years) | |||
Median | Mean ± SD | Median | Mean ± SD | |||
1996 | 210 | 32.00 | 32.09 ± 2.80 | 306,891 | 27.75 | 27.81 ± 4.74 |
1997 | 193 | 31.58 | 31.97 ± 3.16 | 304,722 | 27.92 | 27.97 ± 4.73 |
1998 | 200 | 31.92 | 32.45 ± 3.22 | 249,546 | 28.08 | 28.09 ± 4.94 |
1999 | 244 | 31.50 | 31.94 ± 3.23 | 260,704 | 28.25 | 28.23 ± 4.82 |
2000 | 214 | 31.83 | 32.22 ± 3.20 | 278,368 | 28.25 | 28.29 ± 4.87 |
2001 | 203 | 31.75 | 31.84 ± 2.95 | 240,890 | 28.17 | 28.18 ± 5.01 |
2002 | 219 | 31.58 | 31.85 ± 3.08 | 233,401 | 28.08 | 28.19 ± 4.99 |
2003 | 236 | 31.67 | 32.02 ± 3.39 | 219,594 | 28.17 | 28.32 ± 4.97 |
2004 | 221 | 31.67 | 32.13 ± 3.10 | 212,088 | 28.42 | 28.53 ± 4.93 |
2005 | 241 | 31.50 | 32.04 ± 3.16 | 202,114 | 28.75 | 28.85 ± 4.92 |
2006 | 254 | 31.54 | 32.15 ± 3.16 | 200,042 | 29.17 | 29.15 ± 4.82 |
2007 | 291 | 32.08 | 32.41 ± 2.95 | 198,331 | 29.50 | 29.52 ± 4.71 |
2008 | 305 | 32.00 | 32.62 ± 3.39 | 191,933 | 29.83 | 29.85 ± 4.69 |
2009 | 318 | 32.25 | 32.45 ± 3.13 | 188,249 | 30.25 | 30.22 ± 4.61 |
2010 | 328 | 32.92 | 33.05 ± 2.92 | 162,392 | 30.83 | 30.64 ± 4.76 |
2011 | 391 | 33.08 | 33.32 ± 3.07 | 193,829 | 31.08 | 30.89 ± 4.61 |
2012 | 432 | 33.00 | 33.32 ± 3.29 | 228,748 | 31.25 | 31.07 ± 4.59 |
2013 | 440 | 33.33 | 33.61 ± 3.21 | 191,181 | 31.58 | 31.36 ± 4.78 |
SD: standard deviation.