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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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