The article reports that home births are safer than hospital births.
Information:
The article focusses on an (observational) study of 1404 women
who delivered under proper care.
The national (Australian) neonatal mortality rate
was "only 1.8 per 1000 births, compared with 4.9 nationwide".
Source:
Home-births babies are more likely to survive than hospital-born: study,
The Chroncile (Toowoomba, Australia),
22 February 1999.
Notes:
As an observational study,
no cause and effect can be inferred,
despite journalistic intentions.
What is the lurking variable?