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Place of Delivery, Gender of Child by Race of Mother,

And Marital Status by County

West Virginia Resident Births, 1996

Table 16

County Place of Delivery White Black Other Number of
Births to
Unmarried
Mothers		 Total
Hospital* Nonhospital Male Female Male Female Male Female
Barbour 170 0 96 69 1 1 2 1 51 170
Berkeley 876 5 392 450 19 15 3 2 337 881
Boone 315 0 154 158 1 2 0 0 117 315
Braxton 127 0 64 63 0 0 0 0 35 127
Brooke 231 2 120 108 3 0 2 0 64 233
Cabell 1,164 3 578 523 28 30 3 5 348 1,167
Calhoun 84 0 35 49 0 0 0 0 27 84
Clay 128 0 64 64 0 0 0 0 38 128
Doddridge 83 1 45 38 0 0 1 0 25 84
Fayette 567 1 283 241 22 20 1 1 212 568
Gilmer 79 1 31 49 0 0 0 0 30 80
Grant 126 0 63 61 0 1 1 0 31 126
Greenbrier 370 2 206 156 2 6 1 1 115 372
Hampshire 222 2 101 120 1 1 1 0 70 224
Hancock 336 1 171 156 4 3 1 2 101 337
Hardy 141 0 73 68 0 0 0 0 45 141
Harrison 797 2 372 407 7 9 3 1 243 799
Jackson 312 0 170 142 0 0 0 0 77 312
Jefferson 495 3 219 232 18 24 3 2 168 498
Kanawha 2,400 3 1,124 1,061 96 90 19 13 843 2,403
Lewis 161 0 90 71 0 0 0 0 45 161
Lincoln 246 2 134 113 1 0 0 0 78 248
Logan 493 0 264 218 4 6 0 1 169 493
McDowell 352 1 153 152 22 25 0 1 150 353
Marion 614 1 289 296 19 9 0 2 170 615
Marshall 345 0 163 181 0 0 0 1 105 345
Mason 305 0 149 152 2 1 1 0 99 305
Mercer 819 2 412 335 38 27 2 7 262 821
Mineral 316 2 141 166 6 3 0 2 94 318
Mingo 387 0 184 193 4 5 0 1 144 387
Monongalia 894 2 427 402 19 9 19 20 215 896
Monroe 139 6 74 70 0 1 0 0 34 145
Morgan 160 2 68 93 0 1 0 0 47 162
Nicholas 280 0 145 134 0 1 0 0 83 280
Ohio 548 1 267 256 11 8 4 3 189 549
Pendleton 95 0 41 51 1 2 0 0 36 95
Pleasants 87 0 55 32 0 0 0 0 25 87
Pocahontas 102 3 50 55 0 0 0 0 36 105
Preston 344 4 164 183 0 0 1 0 103 348
Putnam 573 2 303 267 1 2 1 1 98 575
Raleigh 902 7 419 401 39 44 3 3 282 909
Randolph 323 1 168 154 1 0 0 1 103 324
Ritchie 115 0 54 61 0 0 0 0 34 115
Roane 179 1 97 81 1 0 0 1 56 180
Summers 105 2 48 50 4 3 1 1 37 107
Taylor 156 0 87 68 1 0 0 0 47 156
Tucker 62 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 11 62
Tyler 95 0 51 43 0 0 1 0 24 95
Upshur 240 0 118 120 2 0 0 0 75 240
Wayne 490 1 232 257 0 0 2 0 118 491
Webster 107 1 49 58 0 0 0 1 36 108
Wetzel 203 0 107 95 0 0 0 1 50 203
Wirt 58 1 32 27 0 0 0 0 17 59
Wood 1,069 0 562 489 7 4 2 5 365 1,069
Wyoming 288 1 140 145 3 1 0 0 90 289
Total 20,675 69 10,129 9,715 388 354 78 80 6,504 20,744

* Includes hospitals, en route to hospitals, and birthing centers

West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Health Statistics Center, 1998


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Health Statistics Center
Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
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Last updated February 2, 1998.