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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 3,149 25
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 230 7.3 12 48.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 38 1.2 10 40.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 318 10.1 11 44.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years 459 14.6 6 24.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years 7 0.2 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 645 20.5 7 28.0
Mothers Using Tobacco 694 22.0 8 32.0
Mothers Using Alcohol 23 0.7 1 4.0
White Mothers 3,132 99.5 25 100.0
Black Mothers 2 0.1 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 15 0.5 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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