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Number and Rate of Resident Infant Deaths by County
West Virginia, 2002-2006
Table 41

County 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
Barbour 3 18.8 0 0.0 1 5.8 2 10.5 2 13.0
Berkeley 17 15.0 10 8.5 10 7.9 12 9.2 9 6.7
Boone 4 12.1 1 3.0 3 9.5 3 9.7 4 12.1
Braxton 1 6.0 2 13.3 0 0.0 3 20.8 0 0.0
Brooke 0 0.0 1 4.3 4 16.9 1 4.4 1 4.8
Cabell 10 8.6 6 5.2 9 7.9 11 9.6 12 9.9
Calhoun 0 0.0 1 16.7 1 16.7 0 0.0 2 23.8
Clay 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 14.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
Doddridge 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Fayette 0 0.0 5 8.3 3 5.4 4 6.8 3 5.3
Gilmer 1 16.4 1 20.4 1 13.9 1 12.7 2 28.2
Grant 1 9.2 1 7.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Greenbrier 3 7.9 2 5.6 1 2.7 3 7.9 2 5.3
Hampshire 1 4.6 1 3.9 3 13.4 5 21.1 1 4.3
Hancock 2 5.4 5 14.5 4 11.5 0 0.0 2 6.5
Hardy 0 0.0 2 13.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 12.7
Harrison 4 5.0 12 15.1 5 5.9 9 10.9 0 0.0
Jackson 2 6.6 1 3.1 5 16.0 3 9.0 1 3.2
Jefferson 6 10.0 3 4.9 6 9.4 3 4.6 4 6.0
Kanawha 20 8.3 15 6.3 14 5.7 18 7.9 12 5.2
Lewis 3 17.1 1 5.0 1 5.8 2 9.2 2 11.5
Lincoln 4 12.4 8 27.2 3 10.2 4 13.8 1 3.5
Logan 3 6.3 4 9.3 4 9.1 3 7.0 2 4.8
McDowell 5 17.2 4 13.4 1 3.2 4 14.5 7 23.6
Marion 7 11.8 4 6.1 5 8.0 3 4.9 2 3.3
Marshall 6 17.3 2 6.0 3 8.4 0 0.0 2 6.3
Mason 1 3.5 2 6.7 1 3.4 2 6.5 4 13.2
Mercer 7 9.4 7 9.5 7 9.8 2 2.8 5 7.0
Mineral 7 24.8 4 14.2 1 3.1 7 25.5 3 10.1
Mingo 7 18.1 1 2.7 1 2.7 5 13.5 4 10.9
Monongalia 4 4.5 9 9.9 3 3.2 7 7.9 8 8.7
Monroe 0 0.0 1 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Morgan 3 19.7 0 0.0 1 6.2 1 6.3 2 12.5
Nicholas 2 7.6 1 3.3 0 0.0 3 9.2 2 6.8
Ohio 6 13.8 2 4.1 5 10.9 5 9.7 4 8.3
Pendleton 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Pleasants 1 15.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 35.1 0 0.0
Pocahontas 1 10.6 1 11.4 4 44.0 1 13.2 2 20.8
Preston 4 11.7 2 6.1 3 9.3 1 3.4 3 8.5
Putnam 4 6.8 5 7.4 8 12.0 4 6.2 3 4.9
Raleigh 7 8.2 5 5.6 8 8.9 7 7.6 14 15.6
Randolph 2 6.2 3 9.6 2 6.3 4 11.3 1 3.2
Ritchie 0 0.0 1 7.6 3 24.0 0 0.0 3 31.9
Roane 2 12.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Summers 2 16.1 1 7.9 1 9.2 1 9.3 1 8.7
Taylor 3 17.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 13.8 2 12.3
Tucker 0 0.0 1 14.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tyler 0 0.0 3 36.6 1 11.1 0 0.0 2 22.5
Upshur 1 3.4 1 3.5 2 7.0 2 7.4 4 13.7
Wayne 6 12.2 2 4.3 5 11.1 5 11.3 3 6.4
Webster 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9.4 0 0.0
Wetzel 5 26.6 1 5.1 2 10.5 1 4.6 2 9.8
Wirt 0 0.0 1 15.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wood 9 8.8 4 4.0 10 10.1 10 9.8 8 8.2
Wyoming 1 3.3 3 10.5 1 4.0 1 3.7 0 0.0
Total 188 9.1 153 7.3 158 7.6 168 8.1 155 7.4
County Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate* Number Rate*
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

* Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births
This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2006 Annual Report

Last updated April 30, 2008.

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