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Summary Totals
Hancock County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

  Number Percent of Total
Total 3,473 100.0
Sex
   Male 1,785 51.4
   Female 1,688 48.6
Race of Mother
   White 3,375 97.2
   Black 83 2.4
   Other 15 0.4
Attendant at Birth
   Physician 3,011 86.7
   Certified Nurse Midwife 3 0.1
   Lay Midwife 4 0.1
   EMT/Paramedic 2 0.1
   Other 10 0.3
   Unknown 443 12.8
Place of Birth
   Hospital 3,458 99.6
   Freestanding Birthing Center 1 0.0
   Home 11 0.3
   En route to Hospital 2 0.1
   Other Specified Address (Not Home) 1 0.0
Mother's Marital Status
   White
     Married 2,481 73.5
     Not Married 894 26.5
   Black
     Married 35 42.2
     Not Married 48 57.8
   Other
     Married 14 93.3
     Not Married 1 6.7
  Number Percent of Total


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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