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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	1,685		21*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	145	8.6	9	45.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	21	1.2	6	30.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	179	10.6	11	55.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years	268	15.9	1	5.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years	1	0.1	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	448	26.6	3	15.0
Mothers Using Tobacco	420	24.9	5	25.0
Mothers Using Alcohol	28	1.7	0	0.0
White Mothers	1,675	99.4	20	100.0
Black Mothers	9	0.5	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	1	0.1	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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