Texas CNM Becky Burpo prepared practice statistics from Texas Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) for 2006. Surveys were sent to all known CNMs in Texas. Data was analyzed on the responses received. Highlights of the survey include:

   72% of respondents serve Medicaid/Medicare recipients
   67% of CNMs attend births in hospitals
   15,679 births were reported by CNMs in Texas for 2006
   10.78% required transfer to physician care in labor
   5.7% cesarean section rate (national average ~ 30%)
   2.25% low birth weight/preterm infants (national average ~6.5%)
   No maternal mortality was reported
   Newborn mortality rate overall was .031% (national newborn
   mortality rate ~7%)