Rhode Island: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity
Rhode Island recorded 9,924 births in 2024 across 5 counties, served by 5 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery. There are 681 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.
- Births, 2024
- 9,924-1.1% since 2021
- Delivering hospitals
- 5no unreported facilities
- Offices of Lawyers
- 681CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
- Births per lawyer office
- 14.6national 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 county
| County | Population 2024 | Births 2024 | Lawyer offices | Births per office | Delivering hospitals | Status unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence County | 675,912 | 6,719 | 467 | 14.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Kent County | 172,450 | 1,419 | 116 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington County | 130,333 | 843 | 40 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 |
| Newport County | 83,468 | 600 | 41 | 14.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Bristol County | 50,145 | 343 | 17 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 |
1 county records births with no confirmed delivering hospital, covering 343 births. As on the national page, this describes where facilities sit relative to where births are recorded by residence — not access to care.
Hospitals with obstetric services
| Hospital | City | County | Ownership | Labour & delivery | Birthing Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent County Memorial Hospital | Warwick | Kent | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Landmark Medical Center | Woonsocket | Providence | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Newport Hospital | Newport | Newport | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| South County Hospital Inc | Wakefield | Washington | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island | Providence | Providence | 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. “Rhode Island: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 24 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/rhode-island/
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- Kevin Schwaner, Founder; Chief Marketing Officer. Credentials.
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