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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	8,033		64*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	736	9.2	35	56.5
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	109	1.4	22	35.5
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	1,160	14.4	28	45.2
Age of Mother < 20 Years	1,641	20.4	16	25.8
Age of Mother < 15 Years	24	0.3	1	1.6
Unmarried Mothers	2,343	29.2	21	33.9
Mothers Using Tobacco	2,767	34.4	24	38.7
Mothers Using Alcohol	436	5.4	4	6.5
White Mothers	7,343	91.4	55	88.7
Black Mothers	651	8.1	7	11.3
Mothers of Other Races	39	0.5	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

* This includes 2 infant deaths without matching birth information .

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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