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Minnesota births at homes and birth centers rise more than 150 percent
Press Release by MCCPM St. Paul, Minn.—The number of Minnesota babies born outside of a hospital setting rose by 156 percent from 2004 to 2012, according to birth certificate data from the Minnesota Department of Health. More than 1.3 percent of births (904 babies) in Minnesota in 2012 occurred outside of a hospital—mainly in homes and freestanding birth centers—up from…
