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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,448 14
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 93 6.4 8 57.1
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 22 1.5 7 50.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 138 9.5 7 50.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years 204 14.1 3 21.4
Age of Mother < 15 Years 3 0.2 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 369 25.5 7 50.0
Mothers Using Tobacco 306 21.1 2 14.3
Mothers Using Alcohol 12 0.8 0 0.0
White Mothers 1,421 98.1 14 100.0
Black Mothers 25 1.7 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 2 0.1 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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