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Number and Ratio of Resident Fetal Deaths by County
West Virginia, 1999-2003
Table 41

County 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio*
Barbour 0 0.0 4 28.6 2 12.0 2 12.5 1 5.9
Berkeley 4 4.0 6 5.6 8 7.5 6 5.3 8 6.8
Boone 4 13.0 4 10.8 6 17.9 1 3.0 2 6.1
Braxton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 13.3
Brooke 4 16.5 3 11.4 1 4.1 1 4.6 1 4.3
Cabell 7 6.2 9 7.6 7 5.9 7 6.0 6 5.2
Calhoun 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 38.5 2 21.5 1 16.7
Clay 1 7.2 6 52.2 0 0.0 1 7.0 0 0.0
Doddridge 1 11.0 0 0.0 1 14.7 1 15.2 0 0.0
Fayette 6 10.6 3 5.2 6 10.7 6 10.9 5 8.3
Gilmer 3 37.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 20.4
Grant 1 7.7 1 6.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Greenbrier 4 10.5 0 0.0 2 5.5 3 7.9 6 16.7
Hampshire 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 9.2 0 0.0
Hancock 3 8.6 2 5.8 2 6.1 1 2.7 1 2.9
Hardy 1 6.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 7.1 0 0.0
Harrison 10 11.9 2 2.6 1 1.3 4 5.0 5 6.3
Jackson 4 13.2 3 8.2 6 17.9 2 6.6 1 3.1
Jefferson 1 1.9 2 3.4 6 10.6 7 11.7 2 3.3
Kanawha 17 6.8 17 7.1 19 8.2 13 5.4 23 9.7
Lewis 0 0.0 1 5.2 1 4.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lincoln 1 3.8 1 3.7 0 0.0 4 12.4 2 6.8
Logan 4 9.0 5 9.9 4 8.6 7 14.7 6 13.9
McDowell 0 0.0 2 6.3 1 3.4 3 10.3 2 6.7
Marion 5 8.5 6 10.1 3 5.0 4 6.7 2 3.1
Marshall 2 5.8 2 5.4 2 5.5 3 8.6 3 9.1
Mason 3 9.6 2 6.5 3 11.0 4 13.9 1 3.4
Mercer 4 5.4 3 3.8 4 5.5 2 2.7 3 4.1
Mineral 1 3.4 0 0.0 2 6.1 1 3.5 0 0.0
Mingo 3 7.4 3 8.3 3 8.0 1 2.6 2 5.3
Monongalia 4 4.8 8 9.3 6 7.0 10 11.2 6 6.6
Monroe 2 14.9 2 15.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9.0
Morgan 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 6.6 1 6.5
Nicholas 0 0.0 2 7.0 1 3.9 1 3.8 1 3.3
Ohio 4 7.7 6 12.6 7 13.8 3 6.9 4 8.3
Pendleton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10.0
Pleasants 2 20.6 0 0.0 1 11.0 0 0.0 1 12.8
Pocahontas 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10.6 3 34.1
Preston 3 9.9 3 10.8 1 3.5 3 8.8 0 0.0
Putnam 4 6.4 8 13.7 5 7.8 7 11.9 4 5.9
Raleigh 6 6.9 9 10.3 11 12.6 8 9.3 6 6.8
Randolph 2 5.8 2 6.2 3 9.9 1 3.1 1 3.2
Ritchie 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Roane 3 17.4 0 0.0 1 6.4 1 6.1 1 5.4
Summers 1 10.0 1 7.4 2 20.6 3 24.2 1 7.9
Taylor 0 0.0 2 12.6 1 6.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tucker 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tyler 1 8.8 0 0.0 2 20.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Upshur 1 3.9 2 8.1 1 3.4 1 3.4 1 3.5
Wayne 4 7.6 3 6.1 5 10.0 0 0.0 1 2.2
Webster 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 12.5 0 0.0
Wetzel 2 10.4 1 4.9 5 28.9 1 5.3 0 0.0
Wirt 1 16.1 1 17.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wood 5 5.2 2 1.9 6 5.9 6 5.9 7 6.9
Wyoming 3 10.3 3 11.0 2 7.1 3 10.0 3 10.5
Total 142 6.8 142 6.8 153 7.5 140 6.8 129 6.1
County 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio*
* Fetal death ratio = (fetal deaths / live births) X 1,000 in each respective county

Last updated March 29, 2005.

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