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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	9,114		73
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	640	7.0	50	68.5
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	121	1.3	40	54.8
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	907	10.0	48	65.8
Age of Mother < 20 Years	1,460	16.0	14	19.2
Age of Mother < 15 Years	23	0.3	1	1.4
Unmarried Mothers	2,933	32.2	37	50.7
Mothers Using Tobacco	2,725	29.9	26	35.6
Mothers Using Alcohol	176	1.9	3	4.1
White Mothers	8,666	95.1	68	93.2
Black Mothers	410	4.5	4	5.5
Mothers of Other Races	38	0.4	1	1.4
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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