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Summary Totals
Mercer County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

  Number Percent of Total
Total 8,033 100.0
Sex
   Male 4,081 50.8
   Female 3,952 49.2
Race of Mother
   White 7,343 91.4
   Black 651 8.1
   Other 39 0.5
Attendant at Birth
   Physician 8,002 99.6
   Certified Nurse Midwife 6 0.1
   Lay Midwife 13 0.2
   EMT/Paramedic 0 0.0
   Other 8 0.1
   Unknown 4 0.0
Place of Birth
   Hospital 7,998 99.6
   Freestanding Birthing Center 4 0.0
   Home 27 0.3
   En route to Hospital 2 0.0
   Unknown 2 0.0
Mother's Marital Status
   White
     Married 5,493 74.8
     Not Married 1,850 25.2
   Black
     Married 164 25.2
     Not Married 487 74.8
   Other
     Married 33 84.6
     Not Married 6 15.4
  Number Percent of Total


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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