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Infant Deaths and Selected Risk Factors
Associated with Infant Deaths
West Virginia Residents, 2006
Table 40


Factor		 Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 20,931 155
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 2,020 9.7 85 54.8
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 304 1.5 59 38.1
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 2,591 12.4 89 57.4
Age of Mother < 20 Years 2,602 12.4 21 13.5
Age of Mother < 15 Years 19 0.1 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 7,910 37.8 78 50.3
Mothers Using Tobacco 5,696 27.2 67 43.2
Mothers Using Alcohol 73 0.3 4 2.6
White Mothers 20,000 95.6 140 90.3
Black Mothers 684 3.3 15 9.7
Mothers of Other Races 247 1.2 0 0.0

Factor		 Number Percent Number Percent
Births Infant Deaths

This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2006 Annual Report

Last updated April 30, 2008.

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