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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	2,642		16*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	183	6.9	10	71.4
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	26	1.0	9	64.3
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	253	9.6	5	35.7
Age of Mother < 20 Years	387	14.6	4	28.6
Age of Mother < 15 Years	4	0.2	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	713	27.0	3	21.4
Mothers Using Tobacco	728	27.6	2	14.3
Mothers Using Alcohol	55	2.1	0	0.0
White Mothers	2,609	98.8	12	85.7
Black Mothers	22	0.8	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	11	0.4	2	14.3
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

* This includes 2 infant deaths without matching birth information .

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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