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Number and Ratio of Resident Fetal Deaths by County
West Virginia, 2001-2005
Table 43

County 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio*
Barbour 2 12.0 2 12.5 1 5.9 1 5.8 1 5.3
Berkeley 8 7.5 6 5.3 8 6.8 6 4.7 6 4.6
Boone 6 17.9 1 3.0 2 6.1 3 9.5 7 22.7
Braxton 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 13.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Brooke 1 4.1 1 4.6 1 4.3 2 8.4 2 8.9
Cabell 7 5.9 7 6.0 6 5.2 7 6.2 8 7.0
Calhoun 3 38.5 2 21.5 1 16.7 1 16.7 1 11.2
Clay 0 0.0 1 7.0 0 0.0 1 7.5 0 0.0
Doddridge 1 14.7 1 15.2 0 0.0 1 12.7 1 13.3
Fayette 6 10.7 6 10.9 5 8.3 3 5.4 1 1.7
Gilmer 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 20.4 0 0.0 0 0.0
Grant 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 7.6 0 0.0
Greenbrier 2 5.5 3 7.9 6 16.7 3 8.0 3 7.9
Hampshire 0 0.0 2 9.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 4.2
Hancock 2 6.1 1 2.7 1 2.9 1 2.9 3 9.2
Hardy 0 0.0 1 7.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Harrison 1 1.3 4 5.0 5 6.3 5 5.9 8 9.7
Jackson 6 17.9 2 6.6 1 3.1 2 6.4 2 6.0
Jefferson 6 10.6 7 11.7 2 3.3 4 6.2 2 3.1
Kanawha 19 8.2 13 5.4 23 9.7 23 9.4 17 7.5
Lewis 1 4.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lincoln 0 0.0 4 12.4 2 6.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
Logan 4 8.6 7 14.7 6 13.9 4 9.1 2 4.7
McDowell 1 3.4 3 10.3 2 6.7 3 9.7 1 3.6
Marion 3 5.0 4 6.7 2 3.1 6 9.6 4 6.5
Marshall 2 5.5 3 8.6 3 9.1 2 5.6 1 3.3
Mason 3 11.0 4 13.9 1 3.4 2 6.7 1 3.2
Mercer 4 5.5 2 2.7 3 4.1 2 2.8 3 4.3
Mineral 2 6.1 1 3.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 3.6
Mingo 3 8.0 1 2.6 2 5.3 1 2.7 3 8.1
Monongalia 6 7.0 10 11.2 6 6.6 3 3.2 2 2.3
Monroe 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9.0 1 8.1 0 0.0
Morgan 0 0.0 1 6.6 1 6.5 1 6.2 0 0.0
Nicholas 1 3.9 1 3.8 1 3.3 3 11.4 0 0.0
Ohio 7 13.8 3 6.9 4 8.3 3 6.6 0 0.0
Pendleton 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Pleasants 1 11.0 0 0.0 1 12.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
Pocahontas 0 0.0 1 10.6 3 34.1 1 11.0 0 0.0
Preston 1 3.5 3 8.8 0 0.0 2 6.2 1 3.4
Putnam 5 7.8 7 11.9 4 5.9 1 1.5 6 9.3
Raleigh 11 12.6 8 9.3 6 6.8 10 11.1 5 5.4
Randolph 3 9.9 1 3.1 1 3.2 2 6.3 1 2.8
Ritchie 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Roane 1 6.4 1 6.1 1 5.4 1 5.3 0 0.0
Summers 2 20.6 3 24.2 1 7.9 4 36.7 1 9.3
Taylor 1 6.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 13.8
Tucker 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 33.9 0 0.0
Tyler 2 20.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 21.1
Upshur 1 3.4 1 3.4 1 3.5 2 7.0 4 14.8
Wayne 5 10.0 0 0.0 1 2.2 1 2.2 2 4.5
Webster 0 0.0 1 12.5 0 0.0 2 22.2 1 9.4
Wetzel 5 28.9 1 5.3 0 0.0 1 5.3 0 0.0
Wirt 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 16.4 1 18.9
Wood 6 5.9 6 5.9 7 6.9 9 9.1 8 7.8
Wyoming 2 7.1 3 10.0 3 10.5 1 4.0 0 0.0
Total 153 7.5 140 6.8 129 6.1 135 6.5 115 5.5
County Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio* Number Ratio*
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

* Fetal death ratio = (fetal deaths / live births) X 1,000 in each respective county
This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2005 Annual Report

Last updated April 9, 2007.

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