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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	5,669		23
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	322	5.7	14	60.9
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	68	1.2	11	47.8
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	546	9.6	14	60.9
Age of Mother < 20 Years	625	11.0	4	17.4
Age of Mother < 15 Years	2	0.0	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	931	16.4	4	17.4
Mothers Using Tobacco	925	16.3	4	17.4
Mothers Using Alcohol	32	0.6	0	0.0
White Mothers	5,642	99.5	23	100.0
Black Mothers	10	0.2	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	17	0.3	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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