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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	1,317		7
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	102	7.7	2	28.6
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	18	1.4	2	28.6
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	134	10.2	1	14.3
Age of Mother < 20 Years	345	26.2	3	42.9
Age of Mother < 15 Years	3	0.2	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	403	30.6	3	42.9
Mothers Using Tobacco	346	26.3	4	57.1
Mothers Using Alcohol	6	0.5	0	0.0
White Mothers	1,316	99.9	7	100.0
Black Mothers	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	1	0.1	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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