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Summary Totals
Kanawha County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

  Number Percent of Total
Total 25,446 100.0
Sex
   Male 13,197 51.9
   Female 12,249 48.1
Race of Mother
   White 23,051 90.6
   Black 2,171 8.5
   Other 224 0.9
Attendant at Birth
   Physician 24,604 96.7
   Certified Nurse Midwife 783 3.1
   Lay Midwife 3 0.0
   EMT/Paramedic 9 0.0
   Other 21 0.1
   Unknown 26 0.1
Place of Birth
   Hospital 25,266 99.3
   Freestanding Birthing Center 122 0.5
   Home 36 0.1
   En route to Hospital 12 0.0
   Unknown 10 0.0
Mother's Marital Status
   White
     Married 16,376 71.0
     Not Married 6,675 29.0
   Black
     Married 510 23.5
     Not Married 1,661 76.5
   Other
     Married 191 85.3
     Not Married 33 14.7
  Number Percent of Total


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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