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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	1,708		13
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	129	7.6	7	53.8
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	17	1.0	4	30.8
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	172	10.1	7	53.8
Age of Mother < 20 Years	359	21.0	2	15.4
Age of Mother < 15 Years	1	0.1	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	457	26.8	5	38.5
Mothers Using Tobacco	515	30.2	4	30.8
Mothers Using Alcohol	11	0.6	1	7.7
White Mothers	1,698	99.4	13	100.0
Black Mothers	3	0.2	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	7	0.4	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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