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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 2,863 23
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 199 7.0 11 47.8
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 41 1.4 8 34.8
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 305 10.7 10 43.5
Age of Mother < 20 Years 513 17.9 8 34.8
Age of Mother < 15 Years 9 0.3 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 749 26.2 9 39.1
Mothers Using Tobacco 745 26.0 6 26.1
Mothers Using Alcohol 33 1.2 0 0.0
White Mothers 2,844 99.3 23 100.0
Black Mothers 15 0.5 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 4 0.1 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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