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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,130 10
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 75 6.6 8 80.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 14 1.2 7 70.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 137 12.1 8 80.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years 199 17.6 2 20.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years 2 0.2 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 300 26.5 3 30.0
Mothers Using Tobacco 242 21.4 3 30.0
Mothers Using Alcohol 11 1.0 0 0.0
White Mothers 1,127 99.7 9 90.0
Black Mothers 2 0.2 1 10.0
Mothers of Other Races 1 0.1 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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