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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 3,180 30*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 205 6.4 20 69.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 37 1.2 12 41.4
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 292 9.2 15 51.7
Age of Mother < 20 Years 473 14.9 6 20.7
Age of Mother < 15 Years 7 0.2 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 747 23.5 9 31.0
Mothers Using Tobacco 654 20.6 11 37.9
Mothers Using Alcohol 39 1.2 1 3.4
White Mothers 3,078 96.8 28 96.6
Black Mothers 91 2.9 1 3.4
Mothers of Other Races 11 0.3 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent

* This includes 1 infant death without matching birth information.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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