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


Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 638 8
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 48 7.5 3 37.5
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 13 2.0 3 37.5
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 77 12.1 4 50.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years 82 12.9 1 12.5
Age of Mother < 15 Years 1 0.2 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 163 25.5 3 37.5
Mothers Using Tobacco 163 25.5 2 25.0
Mothers Using Alcohol 3 0.5 1 12.5
White Mothers 636 99.7 8 100.0
Black Mothers 1 0.2 0 0.0
Mothers of Other Races 1 0.2 0 0.0

Factor
Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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