Edited sentence: A study done in the USA by Dr.Births at home had 173 lacerations (16.5%) and 103 episiotomies (9.8%), while those in the hospital had 223 lacerations (21.3%) and 914 episiotomies (87.4%).He found that there were 30 birth injuries (3.0%) for the hospital births, and none for the home births.Lewis Mehl matched 2,092 women according to risk factor, half giving birth at home, then analysed the outcomes.Of course, not all complications lead to death.Some are merely painful, while others are disfiguring and disabling