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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	920		10
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	57	6.2	4	40.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	14	1.5	4	40.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	86	9.3	3	30.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years	109	11.8	1	10.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years	2	0.2	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	234	25.4	1	10.0
Mothers Using Tobacco	153	16.6	4	40.0
Mothers Using Alcohol	11	1.2	0	0.0
White Mothers	896	97.4	10	100.0
Black Mothers	20	2.2	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	4	0.4	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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