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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	8,570		92
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	600	7.0	52	56.5
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	95	1.1	39	42.4
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	945	11.0	45	48.9
Age of Mother < 20 Years	1,415	16.5	23	25.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years	13	0.2	1	1.1
Unmarried Mothers	2,556	29.8	37	40.2
Mothers Using Tobacco	2,022	23.6	25	27.2
Mothers Using Alcohol	53	0.6	3	3.3
White Mothers	8,403	98.1	91	98.9
Black Mothers	135	1.6	1	1.1
Mothers of Other Races	32	0.4	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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