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Summary Totals
Jefferson County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

  Number Percent of Total
Total 5,108 100.0
Sex
   Male 2,623 51.4
   Female 2,485 48.6
Race of Mother
   White 4,676 91.5
   Black 392 7.7
   Other 40 0.8
Attendant at Birth
   Physician 4,470 87.5
   Certified Nurse Midwife 430 8.4
   Lay Midwife 6 0.1
   EMT/Paramedic 32 0.6
   Other 11 0.2
   Unknown 159 3.1
Place of Birth
   Hospital 5,073 99.3
   Freestanding Birthing Center 8 0.2
   Home 26 0.5
   En route to Hospital 1 0.0
Mother's Marital Status
   White
     Married 3,378 72.2
     Not Married 1,298 27.8
   Black
     Married 103 26.3
     Not Married 289 73.7
   Other
     Married 24 60.0
     Not Married 16 40.0
  Number Percent of Total


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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