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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	5,765		45*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	371	6.4	24	55.8
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	60	1.0	17	39.5
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	576	10.0	23	53.5
Age of Mother < 20 Years	829	14.4	8	18.6
Age of Mother < 15 Years	17	0.3	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	1,940	33.7	14	32.6
Mothers Using Tobacco	1,539	26.7	18	41.9
Mothers Using Alcohol	336	5.8	2	4.7
White Mothers	5,383	93.4	37	86.0
Black Mothers	314	5.4	6	14.0
Mothers of Other Races	68	1.2	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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