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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 4,131 50
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 399 9.7 23 46.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 54 1.3 14 28.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 566 13.7 19 38.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years 1,142 27.6 17 34.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years 25 0.6 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 1,586 38.4 24 48.0
Mothers Using Tobacco 1,854 44.9 25 50.0
Mothers Using Alcohol 233 5.6 3 6.0
White Mothers 3,592 87.0 40 80.0
Black Mothers 531 12.9 10 20.0
Mothers of Other Races 8 0.2 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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