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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	2,848		26
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	246	8.6	14	53.8
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	30	1.1	8	30.8
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	321	11.3	17	65.4
Age of Mother < 20 Years	600	21.1	8	30.8
Age of Mother < 15 Years	9	0.3	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	748	26.3	6	23.1
Mothers Using Tobacco	1,024	36.0	13	50.0
Mothers Using Alcohol	21	0.7	0	0.0
White Mothers	2,842	99.8	26	100.0
Black Mothers	1	0.0	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	5	0.2	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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