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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	848		7
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	72	8.5	5	71.4
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	11	1.3	3	42.9
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	92	10.8	2	28.6
Age of Mother < 20 Years	129	15.2	2	28.6
Age of Mother < 15 Years	1	0.1	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	205	24.2	6	85.7
Mothers Using Tobacco	165	19.5	1	14.3
Mothers Using Alcohol	2	0.2	0	0.0
White Mothers	848	100.0	7	100.0
Black Mothers	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	0	0.0	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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