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Summary Totals
Putnam County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

  Number Percent of Total
Total 5,669 100.0
Sex
   Male 2,928 51.6
   Female 2,741 48.4
Race of Mother
   White 5,642 99.5
   Black 10 0.2
   Other 17 0.3
Attendant at Birth
   Physician 5,172 91.2
   Certified Nurse Midwife 482 8.5
   Lay Midwife 2 0.0
   EMT/Paramedic 2 0.0
   Other 1 0.0
   Unknown 10 0.2
Place of Birth
   Hospital 5,489 96.8
   Freestanding Birthing Center 168 3.0
   Home 8 0.1
   En route to Hospital 2 0.0
   Unknown 2 0.0
Mother's Marital Status
   White
     Married 4,712 83.5
     Not Married 930 16.5
   Black
     Married 9 90.0
     Not Married 1 10.0
   Other
     Married 16 94.1
     Not Married 1 5.9
  Number Percent of Total


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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