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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	10,914		84
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	755	6.9	53	63.1
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	133	1.2	35	41.7
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	1,183	10.8	40	47.6
Age of Mother < 20 Years	1,679	15.4	18	21.4
Age of Mother < 15 Years	20	0.2	1	1.2
Unmarried Mothers	3,148	28.8	31	36.9
Mothers Using Tobacco	2,264	20.7	24	28.6
Mothers Using Alcohol	114	1.0	0	0.0
White Mothers	10,722	98.2	83	98.8
Black Mothers	124	1.1	1	1.2
Mothers of Other Races	68	0.6	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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