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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 4,556 37
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 333 7.3 16 43.2
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 51 1.1 9 24.3
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 466 10.2 12 32.4
Age of Mother < 20 Years 1,077 23.6 11 29.7
Age of Mother < 15 Years 15 0.3 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 1,389 30.5 14 37.8
Mothers Using Tobacco 1,784 39.2 17 45.9
Mothers Using Alcohol 47 1.0 1 2.7
White Mothers 4,468 98.1 37 100.0
Black Mothers 81 1.8 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 7 0.2 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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