Summary Totals
West Virginia Resident Births, 2003
Table 5

	Number	Percent of Total
Total	20,986	100.0
Sex
Male	10,803	51.5
Female	10,183	48.5
Race of Mother
White	20,075	95.7
Black	706	3.4
Other	205	1.0
Attendant at Birth
Physician	17,892	85.3
Certified Nurse Midwife	2,306	11.0
Lay Midwife	8	0.0
EMT/Paramedic	1	0.0
Other	35	0.2
Unknown	744	3.5
Place of Birth
Hospital	20,693	98.6
Freestanding Birthing Center	71	0.3
Home	45	0.2
En route to Hospital	8	0.0
Doctor's Office	6	0.0
Other Specified Address (Not Home)	4	0.0
Unknown	159	0.8
Mother's Marital Status
White
Married	13,437	66.9
Not Married	6,638	33.1
Black
Married	174	24.6
Not Married	532	75.4
Other
Married	152	74.1
Not Married	53	25.9
	Number	Percent of Total