Number	Percent of Total
Total	20,744	100.0
Sex
Male	10,595	51.1
Female	10,149	48.9
Race of Mother
White	19,844	95.7
Black	742	3.6
Other	158	0.8
Attendant at Birth
Physician	19,321	93.1
Certified Nurse Midwife	1,320	6.4
Lay Midwife	34	0.2
EMT/Paramedic	16	0.1
Other	51	0.2
Unknown	2	0.0
Place of Birth
Hospital	20,623	99.4
Freestanding Birthing Center	38	0.2
Home	65	0.3
En route to Hospital	14	0.1
Other Specified Address (Not Home)	2	0.0
Clinic or Center	1	0.0
Unknown	1	0.0
Mother's Marital Status
White
Married	13,912	70.1
Not Married	5,932	29.9
Black
Married	193	26.0
Not Married	549	74.0
Other
Married	135	85.4
Not Married	23	14.6

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.