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Number and Rate of Resident Infant Deaths by County
West Virginia, 1998-2002
Table 39

County 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
Barbour 3 18.9 1 5.4 3 21.4 2 12.0 3 18.8
Berkeley 9 9.4 11 10.9 8 7.4 8 7.5 17 15.0
Boone 2 7.1 1 3.2 3 8.1 0 0.0 4 12.1
Braxton 0 0.0 1 6.3 1 6.4 1 7.0 1 6.0
Brooke 1 4.0 0 0.0 2 7.6 3 12.4 0 0.0
Cabell 10 8.5 11 9.7 6 5.0 12 10.1 10 8.6
Calhoun 1 13.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Clay 1 7.3 1 7.2 1 8.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
Doddridge 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 14.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
Fayette 3 5.2 3 5.3 6 10.5 4 7.1 0 0.0
Gilmer 1 13.9 1 12.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 16.4
Grant 1 6.5 1 7.7 4 26.8 2 15.6 1 9.2
Greenbrier 3 7.6 2 5.2 3 7.8 2 5.5 3 7.9
Hampshire 1 5.0 2 7.9 1 4.3 3 14.1 1 4.6
Hancock 3 9.4 5 14.4 2 5.8 2 6.1 2 5.4
Hardy 2 12.5 0 0.0 1 6.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
Harrison 8 9.8 4 4.8 4 5.1 3 3.8 4 5.0
Jackson 1 3.1 5 16.6 5 13.6 1 3.0 2 6.6
Jefferson 6 11.6 2 3.7 2 3.4 5 8.8 6 10.0
Kanawha 13 5.3 9 3.6 18 7.5 17 7.4 20 8.3
Lewis 2 10.2 2 11.2 4 20.8 1 4.8 3 17.1
Lincoln 0 0.0 3 11.4 8 29.4 7 27.9 4 12.4
Logan 10 22.3 9 20.3 3 6.0 7 15.1 3 6.3
McDowell 2 5.8 5 14.8 5 15.8 2 6.9 5 17.2
Marion 3 4.9 8 13.6 4 6.7 2 3.4 7 11.8
Marshall 5 14.2 0 0.0 3 8.2 3 8.2 6 17.3
Mason 3 10.5 1 3.2 3 9.7 0 0.0 1 3.5
Mercer 9 11.2 5 6.7 3 3.8 4 5.5 7 9.4
Mineral 1 3.3 2 6.8 2 6.5 2 6.1 7 24.8
Mingo 3 7.6 1 2.5 2 5.5 5 13.3 7 18.1
Monongalia 3 3.5 10 12.1 2 2.3 1 1.2 4 4.5
Monroe 1 8.2 2 14.9 0 0.0 1 7.0 0 0.0
Morgan 1 6.6 1 6.7 1 6.8 2 13.5 3 19.7
Nicholas 5 18.1 2 7.5 2 7.0 2 7.8 2 7.6
Ohio 4 7.4 4 7.7 6 12.6 6 11.9 6 13.8
Pendleton 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 13.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
Pleasants 0 0.0 1 10.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 15.6
Pocahontas 3 31.6 0 0.0 1 12.5 1 12.8 1 10.6
Preston 6 19.5 1 3.3 4 14.4 5 17.6 4 11.7
Putnam 2 3.4 3 4.8 3 5.1 8 12.6 4 6.8
Raleigh 7 8.0 8 9.2 6 6.8 4 4.6 7 8.2
Randolph 5 17.3 4 11.6 4 12.4 1 3.3 2 6.2
Ritchie 4 34.2 1 12.7 0 0.0 1 8.5 0 0.0
Roane 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 11.6 0 0.0 2 12.1
Summers 0 0.0 4 40.0 1 7.4 1 10.3 2 16.1
Taylor 1 6.3 1 6.1 2 12.6 2 13.5 3 17.8
Tucker 0 0.0 1 13.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tyler 1 13.0 2 17.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Upshur 2 8.2 2 7.8 1 4.0 3 10.3 1 3.4
Wayne 3 6.1 3 5.7 3 6.1 2 4.0 6 12.2
Webster 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9.4 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wetzel 2 8.3 2 10.4 1 4.9 0 0.0 5 26.6
Wirt 1 12.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 23.3 0 0.0
Wood 6 5.6 7 7.2 6 5.8 8 7.9 9 8.8
Wyoming 3 10.1 2 6.9 4 14.7 2 7.1 1 3.3
Total 167 8.1 157 7.6 159 7.6 149 7.3 188 9.1
County Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
* Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births

Last updated May 19, 2004.


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