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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 3,473 23
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 252 7.3 16 69.6
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 49 1.4 13 56.5
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 374 10.8 13 56.5
Age of Mother < 20 Years 438 12.6 4 17.4
Age of Mother < 15 Years 4 0.1 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 936 27.0 8 34.8
Mothers Using Tobacco 978 28.2 7 30.4
Mothers Using Alcohol 36 1.0 0 0.0
White Mothers 3,375 97.2 23 100.0
Black Mothers 83 2.4 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 15 0.4 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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