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