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Number and Rate of Resident Infant Deaths by County
West Virginia, 1996-2000
Table 39

County 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
Barbour 0 0.0 1 6.2 3 18.9 1 5.4 3 21.4
Berkeley 6 6.8 7 7.2 9 9.4 11 10.9 8 7.4
Boone 1 3.2 0 0.0 2 7.1 1 3.2 3 8.1
Braxton 0 0.0 3 19.4 0 0.0 1 6.3 1 6.4
Brooke 1 4.3 3 12.0 1 4.0 0 0.0 2 7.6
Cabell 13 11.1 16 14.5 10 8.5 11 9.7 6 5.0
Calhoun 0 0.0 1 12.7 1 13.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Clay 1 7.8 1 8.9 1 7.3 1 7.2 1 8.7
Doddridge 0 0.0 1 13.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 14.5
Fayette 2 3.5 3 5.3 3 5.2 3 5.3 6 10.5
Gilmer 1 12.5 0 0.0 1 13.9 1 12.5 0 0.0
Grant 1 7.9 2 15.4 1 6.5 1 7.7 4 26.8
Greenbrier 3 8.1 3 7.7 3 7.6 2 5.2 3 7.8
Hampshire 1 4.5 1 4.1 1 5.0 2 7.9 1 4.3
Hancock 3 8.9 1 3.1 3 9.4 5 14.4 2 5.8
Hardy 1 7.1 0 0.0 2 12.5 0 0.0 1 6.7
Harrison 9 11.3 12 14.8 8 9.8 4 4.8 4 5.1
Jackson 6 19.2 2 6.2 1 3.1 5 16.6 5 13.6
Jefferson 1 2.0 4 8.5 6 11.6 2 3.7 2 3.4
Kanawha 17 7.1 11 4.4 13 5.3 9 3.6 18 7.5
Lewis 1 6.2 3 15.2 2 10.2 2 11.2 4 20.8
Lincoln 1 4.0 3 9.8 0 0.0 3 11.4 8 29.4
Logan 2 4.1 7 14.6 10 22.3 9 20.3 3 6.0
McDowell 2 5.7 6 17.4 2 5.8 5 14.8 5 15.8
Marion 11 17.9 3 4.6 3 4.9 8 13.6 4 6.7
Marshall 2 5.8 6 16.3 5 14.2 0 0.0 3 8.2
Mason 3 9.8 3 10.6 3 10.5 1 3.2 3 9.7
Mercer 4 4.9 10 12.0 9 11.2 5 6.7 3 3.8
Mineral 4 12.6 4 13.5 1 3.3 2 6.8 2 6.5
Mingo 3 7.8 5 11.4 3 7.6 1 2.5 2 5.5
Monongalia 5 5.6 7 8.8 3 3.5 10 12.1 2 2.3
Monroe 1 6.9 3 22.2 1 8.2 2 14.9 0 0.0
Morgan 2 12.3 2 13.2 1 6.6 1 6.7 1 6.8
Nicholas 2 7.1 3 11.7 5 18.1 2 7.5 2 7.0
Ohio 3 5.5 3 5.6 4 7.4 4 7.7 6 12.6
Pendleton 0 0.0 1 12.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 13.2
Pleasants 0 0.0 1 13.7 0 0.0 1 10.3 0 0.0
Pocahontas 1 9.5 1 11.9 3 31.6 0 0.0 1 12.5
Preston 4 11.5 3 9.9 6 19.5 1 3.3 4 14.4
Putnam 4 7.0 3 5.1 2 3.4 3 4.8 3 5.1
Raleigh 5 5.5 7 7.9 7 8.0 8 9.2 6 6.8
Randolph 3 9.3 3 9.6 5 17.3 4 11.6 4 12.4
Ritchie 1 8.7 0 0.0 4 34.2 1 12.7 0 0.0
Roane 0 0.0 3 19.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 11.6
Summers 0 0.0 4 30.1 0 0.0 4 40.0 1 7.4
Taylor 2 12.8 2 12.0 1 6.3 1 6.1 2 12.6
Tucker 1 16.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 13.0 0 0.0
Tyler 1 10.5 0 0.0 1 13.0 2 17.7 0 0.0
Upshur 3 12.5 4 15.5 2 8.2 2 7.8 1 4.0
Wayne 2 4.1 7 14.9 3 6.1 3 5.7 3 6.1
Webster 3 27.8 1 11.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9.4
Wetzel 1 4.9 2 9.6 2 8.3 2 10.4 1 4.9
Wirt 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 12.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wood 6 5.6 10 9.8 6 5.6 7 7.2 6 5.8
Wyoming 0 0.0 5 15.6 3 10.1 2 6.9 4 14.7
Total 150 7.2 197 9.5 167 8.1 157 7.6 159 7.6
County 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
* Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births

Last updated April 12, 2002.

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