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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	8,741		81*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	665	7.6	56	70.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	121	1.4	39	48.7
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	954	10.9	46	57.5
Age of Mother < 20 Years	867	9.9	17	21.3
Age of Mother < 15 Years	10	0.1	2	2.5
Unmarried Mothers	1,839	21.0	28	35.0
Mothers Using Tobacco	1,533	17.5	23	28.8
Mothers Using Alcohol	194	2.2	5	6.2
White Mothers	8,184	93.6	74	92.5
Black Mothers	245	2.8	5	6.2
Mothers of Other Races	312	3.6	1	1.3
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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