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Number and Ratio of Resident Fetal Deaths by County
West Virginia, 1995-1999
Table 41

County 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio*
Barbour 1 5.5 0 0.0 1 6.2 1 6.3 0 0.0
Berkeley 5 5.6 3 3.4 5 5.2 5 5.2 4 4.0
Boone 1 3.0 2 6.3 3 8.4 5 17.8 4 13.0
Braxton 0 0.0 3 23.6 2 12.9 1 6.2 0 0.0
Brooke 1 3.8 0 0.0 3 12.0 1 4.0 4 16.5
Cabell 9 7.7 7 6.0 8 7.2 5 4.3 7 6.2
Calhoun 0 0.0 1 11.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Clay 1 8.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 14.6 1 7.2
Doddridge 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 11.0
Fayette 5 8.5 3 5.3 2 3.6 3 5.2 6 10.6
Gilmer 2 32.3 3 37.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 37.5
Grant 1 6.5 2 15.9 0 0.0 2 12.9 1 7.7
Greenbrier 3 7.5 1 2.7 2 5.2 3 7.6 4 10.5
Hampshire 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 8.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hancock 2 5.2 1 3.0 2 6.1 1 3.1 3 8.6
Hardy 0 0.0 1 7.1 1 7.8 0 0.0 1 6.9
Harrison 5 5.9 7 8.8 2 2.5 5 6.2 10 11.9
Jackson 4 13.2 0 0.0 2 6.2 5 15.7 4 13.2
Jefferson 3 5.9 4 8.0 3 6.4 2 3.9 1 1.9
Kanawha 13 5.1 12 5.0 17 6.9 7 2.9 17 6.8
Lewis 1 5.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 5.1 0 0.0
Lincoln 3 11.0 4 16.1 2 6.5 1 3.7 1 3.8
Logan 7 12.8 5 10.1 11 22.9 6 13.4 4 9.0
McDowell 0 0.0 2 5.7 3 8.7 5 14.5 0 0.0
Marion 7 11.7 3 4.9 5 7.7 7 11.5 5 8.5
Marshall 1 2.7 3 8.7 2 5.4 2 5.7 2 5.8
Mason 2 6.1 1 3.3 0 0.0 1 3.5 3 9.6
Mercer 5 6.1 4 4.9 4 4.8 2 2.5 4 5.4
Mineral 2 6.9 1 3.1 1 3.4 1 3.3 1 3.4
Mingo 3 6.6 2 5.2 5 11.4 2 5.1 3 7.4
Monongalia 5 5.9 4 4.5 0 0.0 9 10.6 4 4.8
Monroe 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 14.9
Morgan 1 7.2 2 12.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Nicholas 4 13.0 2 7.1 6 23.3 5 18.1 0 0.0
Ohio 1 1.9 3 5.5 3 5.6 1 1.8 4 7.7
Pendleton 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 12.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
Pleasants 1 13.2 1 11.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 20.6
Pocahontas 3 30.0 1 9.5 0 0.0 1 10.5 0 0.0
Preston 2 5.8 1 2.9 1 3.3 0 0.0 3 9.9
Putnam 3 5.2 2 3.5 3 5.1 2 3.4 4 6.4
Raleigh 6 7.2 11 12.1 9 10.1 5 5.7 6 6.9
Randolph 2 6.5 2 6.2 1 3.2 2 6.9 2 5.8
Ritchie 3 26.1 1 8.7 0 0.0 1 8.5 0 0.0
Roane 1 6.8 1 5.6 0 0.0 2 11.8 3 17.4
Summers 1 7.6 2 18.7 4 30.1 2 18.7 1 10.0
Taylor 4 26.5 2 12.8 2 12.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tucker 0 0.0 1 16.1 1 16.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tyler 1 8.3 1 10.5 1 10.6 1 13.0 1 8.8
Upshur 0 0.0 2 8.3 0 0.0 2 8.2 1 3.9
Wayne 6 11.8 2 4.1 2 4.2 2 4.1 4 7.6
Webster 2 18.2 1 9.3 1 11.0 1 11.5 0 0.0
Wetzel 2 9.7 5 24.6 1 4.8 3 12.5 2 10.4
Wirt 1 16.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 16.1
Wood 4 3.9 5 4.7 10 9.8 9 8.5 5 5.2
Wyoming 3 9.8 3 10.4 4 12.5 1 3.4 3 10.3
Total 143 6.8 130 6.3 138 6.7 125 6.0 142 6.8
County Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio*
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
* Fetal death ratio = (fetal deaths / live births) X 1,000 in each respective county

Last updated March 28, 2001.

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