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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	2,863		23
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	199	7.0	11	47.8
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	41	1.4	8	34.8
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	305	10.7	10	43.5
Age of Mother < 20 Years	513	17.9	8	34.8
Age of Mother < 15 Years	9	0.3	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	749	26.2	9	39.1
Mothers Using Tobacco	745	26.0	6	26.1
Mothers Using Alcohol	33	1.2	0	0.0
White Mothers	2,844	99.3	23	100.0
Black Mothers	15	0.5	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	4	0.1	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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