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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,397 12
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 90 6.4 8 66.7
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 15 1.1 6 50.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 146 10.5 5 41.7
Age of Mother < 20 Years 207 14.8 6 50.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years 2 0.1 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 304 21.8 5 41.7
Mothers Using Tobacco 385 27.6 5 41.7
Mothers Using Alcohol 68 4.9 0 0.0
White Mothers 1,378 98.6 12 100.0
Black Mothers 14 1.0 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 5 0.4 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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