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Number and Rate of Resident Infant Deaths by County
West Virginia, 1999-2003
Table 39

County 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
Barbour 1 5.4 3 21.4 2 12.0 3 18.8 0 0.0
Berkeley 11 10.9 8 7.4 8 7.5 17 15.0 10 8.5
Boone 1 3.2 3 8.1 0 0.0 4 12.1 1 3.0
Braxton 1 6.3 1 6.4 1 7.0 1 6.0 2 13.3
Brooke 0 0.0 2 7.6 3 12.4 0 0.0 1 4.3
Cabell 11 9.7 6 5.0 12 10.1 10 8.6 6 5.2
Calhoun 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 16.7
Clay 1 7.2 1 8.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Doddridge 0 0.0 1 14.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Fayette 3 5.3 6 10.5 4 7.1 0 0.0 5 8.3
Gilmer 1 12.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 16.4 1 20.4
Grant 1 7.7 4 26.8 2 15.6 1 9.2 1 7.1
Greenbrier 2 5.2 3 7.8 2 5.5 3 7.9 2 5.6
Hampshire 2 7.9 1 4.3 3 14.1 1 4.6 1 3.9
Hancock 5 14.4 2 5.8 2 6.1 2 5.4 5 14.5
Hardy 0 0.0 1 6.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 13.6
Harrison 4 4.8 4 5.1 3 3.8 4 5.0 12 15.1
Jackson 5 16.6 5 13.6 1 3.0 2 6.6 1 3.1
Jefferson 2 3.7 2 3.4 5 8.8 6 10.0 3 4.9
Kanawha 9 3.6 18 7.5 17 7.4 20 8.3 15 6.3
Lewis 2 11.2 4 20.8 1 4.8 3 17.1 1 5.0
Lincoln 3 11.4 8 29.4 7 27.9 4 12.4 8 27.2
Logan 9 20.3 3 6.0 7 15.1 3 6.3 4 9.3
McDowell 5 14.8 5 15.8 2 6.9 5 17.2 4 13.4
Marion 8 13.6 4 6.7 2 3.4 7 11.8 4 6.1
Marshall 0 0.0 3 8.2 3 8.2 6 17.3 2 6.0
Mason 1 3.2 3 9.7 0 0.0 1 3.5 2 6.7
Mercer 5 6.7 3 3.8 4 5.5 7 9.4 7 9.5
Mineral 2 6.8 2 6.5 2 6.1 7 24.8 4 14.2
Mingo 1 2.5 2 5.5 5 13.3 7 18.1 1 2.7
Monongalia 10 12.1 2 2.3 1 1.2 4 4.5 9 9.9
Monroe 2 14.9 0 0.0 1 7.0 0 0.0 1 9.0
Morgan 1 6.7 1 6.8 2 13.5 3 19.7 0 0.0
Nicholas 2 7.5 2 7.0 2 7.8 2 7.6 1 3.3
Ohio 4 7.7 6 12.6 6 11.9 6 13.8 2 4.1
Pendleton 0 0.0 1 13.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Pleasants 1 10.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 15.6 0 0.0
Pocahontas 0 0.0 1 12.5 1 12.8 1 10.6 1 11.4
Preston 1 3.3 4 14.4 5 17.6 4 11.7 2 6.1
Putnam 3 4.8 3 5.1 8 12.6 4 6.8 5 7.4
Raleigh 8 9.2 6 6.8 4 4.6 7 8.2 5 5.6
Randolph 4 11.6 4 12.4 1 3.3 2 6.2 3 9.6
Ritchie 1 12.7 0 0.0 1 8.5 0 0.0 1 7.6
Roane 0 0.0 2 11.6 0 0.0 2 12.1 0 0.0
Summers 4 40.0 1 7.4 1 10.3 2 16.1 1 7.9
Taylor 1 6.1 2 12.6 2 13.5 3 17.8 0 0.0
Tucker 1 13.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 14.7
Tyler 2 17.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 36.6
Upshur 2 7.8 1 4.0 3 10.3 1 3.4 1 3.5
Wayne 3 5.7 3 6.1 2 4.0 6 12.2 2 4.3
Webster 0 0.0 1 9.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wetzel 2 10.4 1 4.9 0 0.0 5 26.6 1 5.1
Wirt 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 23.3 0 0.0 1 15.9
Wood 7 7.2 6 5.8 8 7.9 9 8.8 4 4.0
Wyoming 2 6.9 4 14.7 2 7.1 1 3.3 3 10.5
Total 157 7.6 159 7.6 149 7.3 188 9.1 153 7.3
County 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
* Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births

Last updated March 29, 2005.

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