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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	4,089		27*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	260	6.4	18	69.2
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	35	0.9	10	38.5
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	418	10.2	13	50.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years	574	14.0	2	7.7
Age of Mother < 15 Years	4	0.1	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	1,173	28.7	11	42.3
Mothers Using Tobacco	951	23.3	3	11.5
Mothers Using Alcohol	94	2.3	1	3.8
White Mothers	4,055	99.2	26	100.0
Black Mothers	14	0.3	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	20	0.5	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

* This includes 1 infant death without matching birth information.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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