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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 2,339 23
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 150 6.4 14 60.9
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 36 1.5 12 52.2
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 248 10.6 11 47.8
Age of Mother < 20 Years 425 18.2 9 39.1
Age of Mother < 15 Years 3 0.1 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 652 27.9 9 39.1
Mothers Using Tobacco 661 28.3 11 47.8
Mothers Using Alcohol 59 2.5 1 4.3
White Mothers 2,326 99.4 23 100.0
Black Mothers 3 0.1 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 10 0.4 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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