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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	3,963		21
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	254	6.4	15	71.4
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	52	1.3	10	47.6
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	381	9.6	11	52.4
Age of Mother < 20 Years	653	16.5	4	19.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years	6	0.2	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	1,027	25.9	8	38.1
Mothers Using Tobacco	957	24.1	8	38.1
Mothers Using Alcohol	28	0.7	0	0.0
White Mothers	3,830	96.6	19	90.5
Black Mothers	122	3.1	2	9.5
Mothers of Other Races	11	0.3	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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