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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,186 17
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 87 7.3 6 35.3
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 16 1.3 6 35.3
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 157 13.2 8 47.1
Age of Mother < 20 Years 255 21.5 5 29.4
Age of Mother < 15 Years 1 0.1 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 365 30.8 8 47.1
Mothers Using Tobacco 361 30.4 7 41.2
Mothers Using Alcohol 11 0.9 1 5.9
White Mothers 1,182 99.7 16 94.1
Black Mothers 0 0.0 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 4 0.3 1 5.9

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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