Home Births in U.S. Rise to Highest Level on Record, Study Shows
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Home births rose 29 percent from 2004 to 2009, to almost three quarters of a percent of all U.S. live deliveries, the highest level since 1989, according to health authorities.
They were most common among non-Hispanic white women, where about 1 in 90 births are at home, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics. Also, women ages 35 and older who already had children were more likely than others to have chosen a birth at home rather than a hospital.