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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	1,552		16
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	95	6.1	10	62.5
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	12	0.8	6	37.5
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	150	9.7	8	50.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years	283	18.2	4	25.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years	4	0.3	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	438	28.2	3	18.8
Mothers Using Tobacco	354	22.8	3	18.8
Mothers Using Alcohol	8	0.5	1	6.2
White Mothers	1,550	99.9	16	100.0
Black Mothers	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	2	0.1	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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