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Summary Totals
West Virginia Resident Births, 2005
Table 5

  Number Percent of Total
Total 20,834 100.0

Sex
     Male 10,776 51.7
     Female 10,058 48.3

Race of Mother
     White 19,891 95.5
     Black 698 3.4
     Other 245 1.2

Attendant at Birth
     Physician 17,758 85.2
     Certified Nurse Midwife 2,804 13.5
     Lay Midwife 13 0.1
     EMT/Paramedic 6 0.0
     Other 89 0.4
     Unknown 164 0.8

Place of Birth
     Hospital 20,590 98.8
     Freestanding Birthing Center 26 0.1
     Home 51 0.2
     En route to Hospital 10 0.0
     Doctor's Office 1 0.0
     Other Specified Address (Not Home) 15 0.1
     Clinic or Center 1 0.0
     Unknown 140 0.7

Mother's Marital Status
     White
          Married 12,896 64.8
          Not Married 6,995 35.2
     Black
          Married 171 24.5
          Not Married 527 75.5
     Other
          Married 178 72.7
          Not Married 67 27.3
  Number Percent of Total

This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2005 Annual Report

Last updated April 9, 2007.

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