Infant Deaths and Selected Risk Factors
Associated with Infant Deaths
West Virginia Residents, 2003
Table 38

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	20,986		153
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	1,814	8.6	92	60.1
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	288	1.4	68	44.4
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	2,447	11.7	95	62.1
Age of Mother < 20 Years	2,576	12.3	43	28.1
Age of Mother < 15 Years	34	0.2	2	1.3
Unmarried Mothers	7,223	34.4	69	45.1
Mothers Using Tobacco	5,508	26.2	52	34.0
Mothers Using Alcohol	73	0.3	3	2.0
White Mothers	20,075	95.7	144	94.1
Black Mothers	706	3.4	7	4.6
Mothers of Other Races	205	1.0	2	1.3
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent