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Table of Contents | Summary | Population | Births | Deaths | Marriages | Divorces | County Data Tables extracted from the 2002 West Virginia Vital Statistics Annual Report

Summary Totals
West Virginia Resident Births, 2002
Table 5

  Number Percent of Total
Total 20,725 100.0
Sex
    
Male 10,703 51.6
Female 10,022 48.4
Race of Mother
    
White 19,885 95.9
Black 674 3.3
Other 166 0.8
Attendant at Birth
    
Physician 17,836 86.1
Certified Nurse Midwife 2,064 10.0
Lay Midwife 15 0.1
EMT/Paramedic 4 0.0
Other 65 0.3
Unknown 741 3.6
Place of Birth
    
Hospital 20,522 99.0
Freestanding Birthing Center 68 0.3
Home 31 0.1
En route to Hospital 4 0.0
Doctor's Office 2 0.0
Other Specified Address (Not Home) 5 0.0
Unknown 93 0.4
Mother's Marital Status
    
White    
Married 13,602 68.4
Not Married 6,283 31.6
Black    
Married 188 27.9
Not Married 486 72.1
Other    
Married 136 81.9
Not Married 30 18.1
  Number Percent of Total

Last updated May 19, 2004.


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Phone: 304-558-9100
Email:dhhrvitalreg@wv.gov
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