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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,017 11*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 84 8.3 5 50.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 8 0.8 1 10.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 102 10.0 2 20.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years 170 16.7 4 40.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years 1 0.1 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 277 27.2 5 50.0
Mothers Using Tobacco 248 24.4 2 20.0
Mothers Using Alcohol 6 0.6 0 0.0
White Mothers 1,013 99.6 10 100.0
Black Mothers 2 0.2 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 2 0.2 0 0.0

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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