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Summary Totals
West Virginia Resident Births, 2006
Table 5

  Number Percent of Total
Total 20,931 100.0

Sex
     Male 10,693 51.1
     Female 10,238 48.9

Race of Mother
     White 20,000 95.6
     Black 684 3.3
     Other 247 1.2

Attendant at Birth
     Physician 17,697 84.5
     Certified Nurse Midwife 2,863 13.7
     Lay Midwife 13 0.1
     EMT/Paramedic 8 0.0
     Other 76 0.4
     Unknown 274 1.3

Place of Birth
     Hospital 20,700 98.9
     Freestanding Birthing Center 32 0.2
     Home 61 0.3
     En route to Hospital 11 0.1
     Doctor's Office 1 0.0
     Other Specified Address (Not Home) 1 0.0
     Unknown 125 0.6

Mother's Marital Status
     White
          Married 12,656 63.3
          Not Married 7,344 36.7
     Black
          Married 181 26.5
          Not Married 503 73.5
     Other
          Married 184 74.5
          Not Married 63 25.5
  Number Percent of Total

This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2006 Annual Report

Last updated April 30, 2008.

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