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Number and Ratio of Resident Fetal Deaths by County
West Virginia, 1998-2002
Table 41

County 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio*
Barbour 1 6.3 0 0.0 4 28.6 2 12.0 2 12.5
Berkeley 5 5.2 4 4.0 6 5.6 8 7.5 6 5.3
Boone 5 17.8 4 13.0 4 10.8 6 17.9 1 3.0
Braxton 1 6.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Brooke 1 4.0 4 16.5 3 11.4 1 4.1 1 4.6
Cabell 5 4.3 7 6.2 9 7.6 7 5.9 7 6.0
Calhoun 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 38.5 2 21.5
Clay 2 14.6 1 7.2 6 52.2 0 0.0 1 7.0
Doddridge 0 0.0 1 11.0 0 0.0 1 14.7 1 15.2
Fayette 3 5.2 6 10.6 3 5.2 6 10.7 6 10.9
Gilmer 0 0.0 3 37.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Grant 2 12.9 1 7.7 1 6.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
Greenbrier 3 7.6 4 10.5 0 0.0 2 5.5 3 7.9
Hampshire 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 9.2
Hancock 1 3.1 3 8.6 2 5.8 2 6.1 1 2.7
Hardy 0 0.0 1 6.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 7.1
Harrison 5 6.2 10 11.9 2 2.6 1 1.3 4 5.0
Jackson 5 15.7 4 13.2 3 8.2 6 17.9 2 6.6
Jefferson 2 3.9 1 1.9 2 3.4 6 10.6 7 11.7
Kanawha 7 2.9 17 6.8 17 7.1 19 8.2 13 5.4
Lewis 1 5.1 0 0.0 1 5.2 1 4.8 0 0.0
Lincoln 1 3.7 1 3.8 1 3.7 0 0.0 4 12.4
Logan 6 13.4 4 9.0 5 9.9 4 8.6 7 14.7
McDowell 5 14.5 0 0.0 2 6.3 1 3.4 3 10.3
Marion 7 11.5 5 8.5 6 10.1 3 5.0 4 6.7
Marshall 2 5.7 2 5.8 2 5.4 2 5.5 3 8.6
Mason 1 3.5 3 9.6 2 6.5 3 11.0 4 13.9
Mercer 2 2.5 4 5.4 3 3.8 4 5.5 2 2.7
Mineral 1 3.3 1 3.4 0 0.0 2 6.1 1 3.5
Mingo 2 5.1 3 7.4 3 8.3 3 8.0 1 2.6
Monongalia 9 10.6 4 4.8 8 9.3 6 7.0 10 11.2
Monroe 0 0.0 2 14.9 2 15.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
Morgan 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 6.6
Nicholas 5 18.1 0 0.0 2 7.0 1 3.9 1 3.8
Ohio 1 1.8 4 7.7 6 12.6 7 13.8 3 6.9
Pendleton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Pleasants 0 0.0 2 20.6 0 0.0 1 11.0 0 0.0
Pocahontas 1 10.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10.6
Preston 0 0.0 3 9.9 3 10.8 1 3.5 3 8.8
Putnam 2 3.4 4 6.4 8 13.7 5 7.8 7 11.9
Raleigh 5 5.7 6 6.9 9 10.3 11 12.6 8 9.3
Randolph 2 6.9 2 5.8 2 6.2 3 9.9 1 3.1
Ritchie 1 8.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Roane 2 11.8 3 17.4 0 0.0 1 6.4 1 6.1
Summers 2 18.7 1 10.0 1 7.4 2 20.6 3 24.2
Taylor 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 12.6 1 6.8 0 0.0
Tucker 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tyler 1 13.0 1 8.8 0 0.0 2 20.0 0 0.0
Upshur 2 8.2 1 3.9 2 8.1 1 3.4 1 3.4
Wayne 2 4.1 4 7.6 3 6.1 5 10.0 0 0.0
Webster 1 11.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 12.5
Wetzel 3 12.5 2 10.4 1 4.9 5 28.9 1 5.3
Wirt 0 0.0 1 16.1 1 17.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wood 9 8.5 5 5.2 2 1.9 6 5.9 6 5.9
Wyoming 1 3.4 3 10.3 3 11.0 2 7.1 3 10.0
Total 125 6.0 142 6.8 142 6.8 153 7.5 140 6.8
County Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio*
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
* Fetal death ratio = (fetal deaths / live births) X 1,000 in each respective county

Last updated May 19, 2004.


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