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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	3,151		18
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	213	6.8	9	50.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	27	0.9	6	33.3
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	314	10.0	8	44.4
Age of Mother < 20 Years	730	23.2	4	22.2
Age of Mother < 15 Years	15	0.5	1	5.6
Unmarried Mothers	876	27.8	5	27.8
Mothers Using Tobacco	1,186	37.6	10	55.6
Mothers Using Alcohol	53	1.7	0	0.0
White Mothers	3,127	99.2	18	100.0
Black Mothers	19	0.6	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	5	0.2	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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