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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	1,390		11
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	83	6.0	6	54.5
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	18	1.3	5	45.5
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	136	9.8	7	63.6
Age of Mother < 20 Years	227	16.3	4	36.4
Age of Mother < 15 Years	3	0.2	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	352	25.3	1	9.1
Mothers Using Tobacco	279	20.1	2	18.2
Mothers Using Alcohol	19	1.4	0	0.0
White Mothers	1,374	98.8	11	100.0
Black Mothers	10	0.7	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	6	0.4	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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