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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	3,473		23
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	252	7.3	16	69.6
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	49	1.4	13	56.5
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	374	10.8	13	56.5
Age of Mother < 20 Years	438	12.6	4	17.4
Age of Mother < 15 Years	4	0.1	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	936	27.0	8	34.8
Mothers Using Tobacco	978	28.2	7	30.4
Mothers Using Alcohol	36	1.0	0	0.0
White Mothers	3,375	97.2	23	100.0
Black Mothers	83	2.4	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	15	0.4	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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