Summary Totals
Marion County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

	Number	Percent of Total
Total	6,543	100.0
Sex
Male	3,377	51.6
Female	3,166	48.4
Race of Mother
White	6,223	95.1
Black	287	4.4
Other	33	0.5
Attendant at Birth
Physician	6,406	97.9
Certified Nurse Midwife	98	1.5
Lay Midwife	4	0.1
EMT/Paramedic	1	0.0
Other	16	0.2
Unknown	18	0.3
Place of Birth
Hospital	6,523	99.7
Home	15	0.2
En route to Hospital	1	0.0
Doctor's Office	1	0.0
Unknown	3	0.0
Mother's Marital Status
White
Married	4,616	74.2
Not Married	1,607	25.8
Black
Married	76	26.5
Not Married	211	73.5
Other
Married	29	87.9
Not Married	4	12.1
	Number	Percent of Total