Connecticut: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity
Connecticut recorded 34,609 births in 2024 across 9 planning regions, served by 23 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 1 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 1,951 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.
- Births, 2024
- 34,609+2.0% since 2021
- Delivering hospitals
- 231 more not reported
- Offices of Lawyers
- 1,951CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
- Births per lawyer office
- 17.7national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3
Births by county
Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.
Every planning region
| County | Population 2024 | Births 2024 | Lawyer offices | Births per office | Delivering hospitals | Status unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Planning Region | 991,508 | 9,287 | 530 | 17.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Western Connecticut Planning Region | 637,013 | 6,326 | 402 | 15.7 | 4 | 0 |
| South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 576,718 | 5,641 | 355 | 15.9 | 2 | 0 |
| Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 462,220 | 4,357 | 188 | 23.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 335,666 | 3,360 | 205 | 16.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 282,602 | 2,559 | 118 | 21.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 177,540 | 1,387 | 84 | 16.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Northwest Hills Planning Region | 114,101 | 901 | 46 | 19.6 | 2 | 0 |
| Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 97,701 | 791 | 23 | 34.4 | 1 | 0 |
Hospitals with obstetric services
| Hospital | City | County | Ownership | Labour & delivery | Birthing Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport Hospital | Bridgeport | Fairfield | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Bristol Hospital | Bristol | Hartford | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Charlotte Hungerford Hospital | Torrington | Litchfield | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Connecticut Childrens Medical Center | Hartford | Hartford | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| Danbury Hospital | Danbury | Fairfield | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Day Kimball Hospital | Putnam | Windham | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Greenwich Hospital Association - | Greenwich | Fairfield | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Griffin Hospital | Derby | New Haven | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Hartford Hospital | Hartford | Hartford | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of Connect | Farmington | Hartford | Government - Local | Yes | Designated |
| Lawrence & Memorial Hospital | New London | New London | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Manchester Memorial Hospital | Manchester | Hartford | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Middlesex Hospital | Middletown | Middlesex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Midstate Medical Center | Meriden | New Haven | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Norwalk Hospital | Norwalk | Fairfield | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Saint Mary'S Hospital | Waterbury | New Haven | Voluntary non-profit - Church | Yes | Designated |
| Sharon Hospital | Sharon | Litchfield | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| St Francis Hospital & Medical Center | Hartford | Hartford | Voluntary non-profit - Church | Yes | Designated |
| St Vincent'S Medical Center | Bridgeport | Fairfield | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Stamford Hospital | Stamford | Fairfield | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| The Hospital Of Central Connecticut | New Britain | Hartford | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Waterbury Hospital | Waterbury | New Haven | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| William W Backus Hospital | Norwich | New London | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Yale-New Haven Hospital | New Haven | New Haven | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024 — see the blackout.
A limit we will not cross. Nothing on this page links a clinical outcome rate to a legal claim. Adverse-event rates measure medicine. Litigation measures a legal process. They are different quantities, they are collected by different agencies for different reasons, and correlating them would be the fastest way to publish something false. Where we present clinical data and legal data together, it is to describe a market — never to imply that one causes, predicts, or justifies the other.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — County Population Totals and Components of Change, Vintage 2024 — births by county, 2021–2024
- U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns, 2023 — NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
- CMS Care Compare — Maternal Health · Hospital — PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
- CMS Care Compare — Hospital General Information — ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
- U.S. Census Bureau — Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000) — county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time
Cite this analysis
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Birth Injury Marketing. “Connecticut: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 24 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/connecticut/
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Related
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- Kevin Schwaner, Founder; Chief Marketing Officer. Credentials.
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