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Infant Deaths and Selected Factors
Associated with Infant Deaths
Barbour County Residents, 1989 - 1998


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,819 22*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 146 8.0 17 81.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 29 1.6 12 57.1
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 213 11.7 14 66.7
Age of Mother < 20 Years 376 20.7 8 38.1
Age of Mother < 15 Years 4 0.2 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 527 29.0 13 61.9
Mothers Using Tobacco 432 23.7 8 38.1
Mothers Using Alcohol 14 0.8 1 4.8
White Mothers 1,791 98.5 21 100.0
Black Mothers 17 0.9 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 11 0.6 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent

* This includes 1 infant death without matching birth information.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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