Summary Totals
Ritchie County Resident Births, 1989 - 1998

	Number	Percent of Total
Total	1,130	100.0
Sex
Male	579	51.2
Female	551	48.8
Race of Mother
White	1,127	99.7
Black	2	0.2
Other	1	0.1
Attendant at Birth
Physician	1,091	96.5
Certified Nurse Midwife	6	0.5
Lay Midwife	5	0.4
EMT/Paramedic	0	0.0
Other	4	0.4
Unknown	24	2.1
Place of Birth
Hospital	1,121	99.2
Home	9	0.8
Mother's Marital Status
White
Married	829	73.6
Not Married	298	26.4
Black
Married	0	0.0
Not Married	2	100.0
Other
Married	1	100.0
Not Married	0	0.0
	Number	Percent of Total