Infant Deaths and Selected Factors
Associated with Infant Deaths
Boone County Residents, 1989 - 1998

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	3,217		13
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	271	8.4	6	46.2
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	48	1.5	5	38.5
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	365	11.3	4	30.8
Age of Mother < 20 Years	706	21.9	3	23.1
Age of Mother < 15 Years	10	0.3	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	1,053	32.7	5	38.5
Mothers Using Tobacco	882	27.4	4	30.8
Mothers Using Alcohol	26	0.8	0	0.0
White Mothers	3,199	99.4	12	92.3
Black Mothers	17	0.5	1	7.7
Mothers of Other Races	1	0.0	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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