Summary Totals
Raleigh County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

	Number	Percent of Total
Total	8,758	100.0
Sex
Male	4,470	51.0
Female	4,288	49.0
Race of Mother
White	7,836	89.5
Black	882	10.1
Other	40	0.5
Attendant at Birth
Physician	8,633	98.6
Certified Nurse Midwife	79	0.9
Lay Midwife	13	0.1
EMT/Paramedic	6	0.1
Other	15	0.2
Unknown	12	0.1
Place of Birth
Hospital	8,659	98.9
Freestanding Birthing Center	57	0.7
Home	33	0.4
En route to Hospital	8	0.1
Unknown	1	0.0
Mother's Marital Status
White
Married	5,901	75.3
Not Married	1,935	24.7
Black
Married	227	25.7
Not Married	655	74.3
Other
Married	38	95.0
Not Married	2	5.0
	Number	Percent of Total