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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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