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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 920 10
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 57 6.2 4 40.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 14 1.5 4 40.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 86 9.3 3 30.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years 109 11.8 1 10.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years 2 0.2 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 234 25.4 1 10.0
Mothers Using Tobacco 153 16.6 4 40.0
Mothers Using Alcohol 11 1.2 0 0.0
White Mothers 896 97.4 10 100.0
Black Mothers 20 2.2 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 4 0.4 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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