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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 11,828 122*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 953 8.1 82 67.8
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 191 1.6 60 49.6
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 1,329 11.2 73 60.3
Age of Mother < 20 Years 1,980 16.7 27 22.3
Age of Mother < 15 Years 33 0.3 2 1.7
Unmarried Mothers 3,432 29.0 41 33.9
Mothers Using Tobacco 2,781 23.5 35 28.9
Mothers Using Alcohol 107 0.9 0 0.0
White Mothers 11,107 93.9 110 90.9
Black Mothers 622 5.3 11 9.1
Mothers of Other Races 99 0.8 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent

* This includes 1 infant death without matching birth information.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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