Summary Totals
West Virginia Resident Births, 1999
Table 5

	Number	Percent of Total
Total	20,731	100.0
Sex
Male	10,587	51.1
Female	10,144	48.9
Race of Mother
White	19,802	95.5
Black	745	3.6
Other	184	0.9
Attendant at Birth
Physician	18,368	88.6
Certified Nurse Midwife	1,788	8.6
Lay Midwife	7	0.0
EMT/Paramedic	22	0.1
Other	33	0.2
Unknown	513	2.5
Place of Birth
Hospital	20,445	98.6
Freestanding Birthing Center	67	0.3
Home	43	0.2
En route to Hospital	5	0.0
Other Specified Address (Not Home)	3	0.0
Clinic or Center	2	0.0
Unknown	166	0.8
Mother's Marital Status
White
Married	13,845	69.9
Not Married	5,957	30.1
Black
Married	165	22.1
Not Married	580	77.9
Other
Married	155	84.2
Not Married	29	15.8
	Number	Percent of Total