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Infant Deaths and Selected Risk Factors
Associated with Infant Deaths
West Virginia Residents, 2000
Table 38


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 20,860   159*  
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 1,746 8.4 94 59.9
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 318 1.5 72 45.9
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 2,616 12.5 93 59.2
Age of Mother < 20 Years 2,858 13.7 30 19.1
Age of Mother < 15 Years 29 0.1 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 6,595 31.6 77 49.0
Mothers Using Tobacco 5,421 26.0 73 46.5
Mothers Using Alcohol 104 0.5 0 0.0
White Mothers 19,960 95.7 148 94.3
Black Mothers 770 3.7 8 5.1
Mothers of Other Races 130 0.6 1 0.6

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
* Includes 2 infant deaths without matching birth information .

Last updated April 12, 2002.

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