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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 5,108 36
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 333 6.5 21 58.3
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 53 1.0 18 50.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 521 10.2 18 50.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years 749 14.7 8 22.2
Age of Mother < 15 Years 17 0.3 1 2.8
Unmarried Mothers 1,603 31.4 16 44.4
Mothers Using Tobacco 1,388 27.2 12 33.3
Mothers Using Alcohol 157 3.1 1 2.8
White Mothers 4,676 91.5 32 88.9
Black Mothers 392 7.7 2 5.6
Mothers of Other Races 40 0.8 2 5.6

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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