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21 Maricopa County’s Birthing Hospitals Distributing Arizona Parents Kit to New Parents
More than 65,000 babies were born in Maricopa County in 2005, and that number increases an average 5 percent annually. As of December 1, 2006, 21 of Maricopa County’s 22 birthing hospitals will be distributing Arizona Parents Kits to all parents of newborns birthing in their maternity wards. Hospitals include:
Hospital | Location | # of Births |
| Arrowhead Hospital | Glendale
67th Avenue & 101 | 2,761 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa
Power Road & Main | 2,356 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa
Dobson & US-60 | 8,326 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | West Valley
92nd Avenue & Thomas | 1,364 |
| Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center | Phoenix
11th Street & McDowell | 6,557 |
| Banner Mesa Medical Center | Mesa
Country Club & Brown | 2,056 |
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center | Glendale
55th Ave. & Thunderbird | 4,834 |
| Chandler Regional Hospital | Chandler
Dobson south of Frye | 5,211 |
| Del E. Webb Memorial Hospital | Sun City
Grand Avenue &
Meeker Blvd. | 1,737 |
| John C. Lincoln Hospital | Phoenix
2nd Street & Dunlap | 1,663 |
| Maricopa Medical Center | Phoenix
26th Street & Roosevelt | 3,642 |
| Maryvale Hospital | Phoenix
51st Avenue & Campbell | 3,813 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert
Val Vista & Ray Road | 1,400* |
| Mesa General Hospital | Mesa
University & Mesa Drive | 1,162 |
| Paradise Valley Hospital | Phoenix
40th Street & Bell Road | 1,703 |
| Phoenix Baptist Hospital | Phoenix
19th Avenue & Bethany Home Road | 3,165 |
| Phoenix Memorial Hospital | South Phoenix
7th Avenue & Buckeye | 970 |
| Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn | Scottsdale
Osborn & Drinkwater | 1,755 |
| Scottsdale Healthcare Shea | Scottsdale
90th Street & Shea Blvd. | 4,369 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix
3rd Street & Thomas | 5,517 |
| West Valley Hospital | Goodyear
Litchfield & McDowell roads | 1,442 |
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services, http://www.azdhs.gov/plan/menu/for/hospbirths2005.xls
* estimate; hospital opened in June 2006