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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	2,339		23
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	150	6.4	14	60.9
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	36	1.5	12	52.2
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	248	10.6	11	47.8
Age of Mother < 20 Years	425	18.2	9	39.1
Age of Mother < 15 Years	3	0.1	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	652	27.9	9	39.1
Mothers Using Tobacco	661	28.3	11	47.8
Mothers Using Alcohol	59	2.5	1	4.3
White Mothers	2,326	99.4	23	100.0
Black Mothers	3	0.1	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	10	0.4	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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