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Summary Totals
Fayette County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

  Number Percent of Total
Total 5,749 100.0
Sex
   Male 3,023 52.6
   Female 2,726 47.4
Race of Mother
   White 5,383 93.6
   Black 356 6.2
   Other 10 0.2
Attendant at Birth
   Physician 5,512 95.9
   Certified Nurse Midwife 207 3.6
   Lay Midwife 3 0.1
   EMT/Paramedic 6 0.1
   Other 15 0.3
   Unknown 6 0.1
Place of Birth
   Hospital 5,599 97.4
   Freestanding Birthing Center 121 2.1
   Home 17 0.3
   En route to Hospital 7 0.1
   Doctor's Office 1 0.0
   Other Specified Address (Not Home) 1 0.0
   Clinic or Center 1 0.0
   Unknown 2 0.0
Mother's Marital Status
   White
     Married 3,742 69.5
     Not Married 1,641 30.5
   Black
     Married 86 24.2
     Not Married 270 75.8
   Other
     Married 8 80.0
     Not Married 2 20.0
  Number Percent of Total


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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