Infant Deaths and Selected Factors
Associated with Infant Deaths
West Virginia Residents, 1989 - 1998

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	215,833		1,806*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	16,105	7.5	1,061	59.3
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	2,732	1.3	759	42.4
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	23,453	10.9	930	52.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years	36,886	17.1	432	24.1
Age of Mother < 15 Years	517	0.2	14	0.8
Unmarried Mothers	61,765	28.6	672	37.5
Mothers Using Tobacco	55,993	25.9	577	32.2
Mothers Using Alcohol	3,563	1.7	47	2.6
White Mothers	206,616	95.7	1,670	93.3
Black Mothers	7,945	3.7	111	6.2
Mothers of Other Races	1,272	0.6	9	0.5
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

* This includes 16 infant deaths without matching birth information .

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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