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Tables extracted from the West Virginia 1998 Vital Statistics Report

Summary Totals

West Virginia Resident Births, 1998

Table 5

	Number	Percent of Total
Total	20,729	100.0
Sex
Male	10,612	51.2
Female	10,117	48.8
Race of Mother
White	19,830	95.7
Black	757	3.7
Other	142	0.7
Attendant at Birth
Physician	18,370	88.6
Certified Nurse Midwife	1,638	7.9
Lay Midwife	9	0.0
EMT/Paramedic	33	0.2
Other	4	0.0
Unknown	675	3.3
Place of Birth
Hospital	20,611	99.4
Freestanding Birthing Center	56	0.3
Home	42	0.2
En route to Hospital	1	0.0
Clinic or Center	1	0.0
Nursing Home	1	0.0
Unknown	17	0.1
Mother's Marital Status
White
Married	13,732	69.2
Not Married	6,098	30.8
Black
Married	177	23.4
Not Married	580	76.6
Other
Married	116	81.7
Not Married	26	18.3

West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Health Statistics Center, 2000

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Last updated March 23, 2000.