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Number and Rate of Resident Infant Deaths by County
West Virginia, 1995-1999
Table 39

County 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
Barbour 3 16.5 0 0.0 1 6.2 3 18.9 1 5.4
Berkeley 8 9.0 6 6.8 7 7.2 9 9.4 11 10.9
Boone 0 0.0 1 3.2 0 0.0 2 7.1 1 3.2
Braxton 2 14.4 0 0.0 3 19.4 0 0.0 1 6.3
Brooke 1 3.8 1 4.3 3 12.0 1 4.0 0 0.0
Cabell 10 8.5 13 11.1 16 14.5 10 8.5 11 9.7
Calhoun 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 12.7 1 13.3 0 0.0
Clay 1 8.2 1 7.8 1 8.9 1 7.3 1 7.2
Doddridge 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 13.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
Fayette 0 0.0 2 3.5 3 5.3 3 5.2 3 5.3
Gilmer 0 0.0 1 12.5 0 0.0 1 13.9 1 12.5
Grant 2 13.0 1 7.9 2 15.4 1 6.5 1 7.7
Greenbrier 0 0.0 3 8.1 3 7.7 3 7.6 2 5.2
Hampshire 3 13.2 1 4.5 1 4.1 1 5.0 2 7.9
Hancock 1 2.6 3 8.9 1 3.1 3 9.4 5 14.4
Hardy 1 7.0 1 7.1 0 0.0 2 12.5 0 0.0
Harrison 7 8.2 9 11.3 12 14.8 8 9.8 4 4.8
Jackson 0 0.0 6 19.2 2 6.2 1 3.1 5 16.6
Jefferson 2 4.0 1 2.0 4 8.5 6 11.6 2 3.7
Kanawha 23 9.0 17 7.1 11 4.4 13 5.3 9 3.6
Lewis 1 5.2 1 6.2 3 15.2 2 10.2 2 11.2
Lincoln 1 3.7 1 4.0 3 9.8 0 0.0 3 11.4
Logan 2 3.7 2 4.1 7 14.6 10 22.3 9 20.3
McDowell 8 22.8 2 5.7 6 17.4 2 5.8 5 14.8
Marion 1 1.7 11 17.9 3 4.6 3 4.9 8 13.6
Marshall 1 2.7 2 5.8 6 16.3 5 14.2 0 0.0
Mason 2 6.1 3 9.8 3 10.6 3 10.5 1 3.2
Mercer 6 7.3 4 4.9 10 12.0 9 11.2 5 6.7
Mineral 2 6.9 4 12.6 4 13.5 1 3.3 2 6.8
Mingo 5 11.0 3 7.8 5 11.4 3 7.6 1 2.5
Monongalia 12 14.2 5 5.6 7 8.8 3 3.5 10 12.1
Monroe 1 7.8 1 6.9 3 22.2 1 8.2 2 14.9
Morgan 1 7.2 2 12.3 2 13.2 1 6.6 1 6.7
Nicholas 2 6.5 2 7.1 3 11.7 5 18.1 2 7.5
Ohio 6 11.1 3 5.5 3 5.6 4 7.4 4 7.7
Pendleton 2 23.8 0 0.0 1 12.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
Pleasants 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 13.7 0 0.0 1 10.3
Pocahontas 2 20.0 1 9.5 1 11.9 3 31.6 0 0.0
Preston 3 8.8 4 11.5 3 9.9 6 19.5 1 3.3
Putnam 2 3.5 4 7.0 3 5.1 2 3.4 3 4.8
Raleigh 10 11.9 5 5.5 7 7.9 7 8.0 8 9.2
Randolph 6 19.6 3 9.3 3 9.6 5 17.3 4 11.6
Ritchie 1 8.7 1 8.7 0 0.0 4 34.2 1 12.7
Roane 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 19.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
Summers 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 30.1 0 0.0 4 40.0
Taylor 5 33.1 2 12.8 2 12.0 1 6.3 1 6.1
Tucker 0 0.0 1 16.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 13.0
Tyler 0 0.0 1 10.5 0 0.0 1 13.0 2 17.7
Upshur 1 4.0 3 12.5 4 15.5 2 8.2 2 7.8
Wayne 6 11.8 2 4.1 7 14.9 3 6.1 3 5.7
Webster 1 9.1 3 27.8 1 11.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wetzel 3 14.6 1 4.9 2 9.6 2 8.3 2 10.4
Wirt 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 12.8 0 0.0
Wood 2 2.0 6 5.6 10 9.8 6 5.6 7 7.2
Wyoming 1 3.3 0 0.0 5 15.6 3 10.1 2 6.9
Total 160 7.6 150 7.2 197 9.5 167 8.1 157 7.6
County Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
* Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births

Last updated March 28, 2001.

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