Hospital births vs. Home births

In comparison to women who opted for home births, those who opted for hospital births were:

1.8 times more likely to suffer severe morbid events.

2.3 times more likely to end up in intensive care.

2 times more likely to suffer eclampsia.

1.47 times more likely to suffer multiple blood transfusions.

1.37 times more likely to suffer from postpartum hemorrhage.

1.44 times more likely to require manual removal of the placenta.

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/home-birth-safer-hospital-birth-nation-wide-study