Summary Totals
Mason County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

	Number	Percent of Total
Total	2,863	100.0
Sex
Male	1,505	52.6
Female	1,358	47.4
Race of Mother
White	2,844	99.3
Black	15	0.5
Other	4	0.1
Attendant at Birth
Physician	2,419	84.5
Certified Nurse Midwife	76	2.7
Lay Midwife	2	0.1
EMT/Paramedic	0	0.0
Other	0	0.0
Unknown	366	12.8
Place of Birth
Hospital	2,851	99.6
Freestanding Birthing Center	9	0.3
Unknown	3	0.1
Mother's Marital Status
White
Married	2,094	73.6
Not Married	750	26.4
Black
Married	4	26.7
Not Married	11	73.3
Other
Married	3	75.0
Not Married	1	25.0
	Number	Percent of Total