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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