Number and Rate of Resident Infant Deaths by County
West Virginia, 1994-1998
Table 39
| County |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
| Number |
Rate* |
Number |
Rate* |
Number |
Rate* |
Number |
Rate* |
Number |
Rate* |
| Barbour |
2 |
12.0 |
3 |
16.5 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
6.2 |
3 |
18.9 |
| Berkeley |
7 |
7.7 |
8 |
9.0 |
6 |
6.8 |
7 |
7.2 |
9 |
9.4 |
| Boone |
2 |
6.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
3.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
7.1 |
| Braxton |
1 |
6.8 |
2 |
14.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
19.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Brooke |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
3.8 |
1 |
4.3 |
3 |
12.0 |
1 |
4.0 |
| Cabell |
7 |
5.6 |
10 |
8.5 |
13 |
11.1 |
16 |
14.5 |
10 |
8.5 |
| Calhoun |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
12.7 |
1 |
13.3 |
| Clay |
1 |
7.8 |
1 |
8.2 |
1 |
7.8 |
1 |
8.9 |
1 |
7.3 |
| Doddridge |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
13.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Fayette |
7 |
12.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
3.5 |
3 |
5.3 |
3 |
5.2 |
| Gilmer |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
12.5 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
13.9 |
| Grant |
1 |
7.3 |
2 |
13.0 |
1 |
7.9 |
2 |
15.4 |
1 |
6.5 |
| Greenbrier |
2 |
5.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
8.1 |
3 |
7.7 |
3 |
7.6 |
| Hampshire |
2 |
8.8 |
3 |
13.2 |
1 |
4.5 |
1 |
4.1 |
1 |
5.0 |
| Hancock |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
2.6 |
3 |
8.9 |
1 |
3.1 |
3 |
9.4 |
| Hardy |
1 |
6.8 |
1 |
7.0 |
1 |
7.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
12.5 |
| Harrison |
4 |
4.4 |
7 |
8.2 |
9 |
11.3 |
12 |
14.8 |
8 |
9.8 |
| Jackson |
3 |
10.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
6 |
19.2 |
2 |
6.2 |
1 |
3.1 |
| Jefferson |
3 |
6.3 |
2 |
4.0 |
1 |
2.0 |
4 |
8.5 |
6 |
11.6 |
| Kanawha |
14 |
5.5 |
23 |
9.0 |
17 |
7.1 |
11 |
4.4 |
13 |
5.3 |
| Lewis |
1 |
4.6 |
1 |
5.2 |
1 |
6.2 |
3 |
15.2 |
2 |
10.2 |
| Lincoln |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
3.7 |
1 |
4.0 |
3 |
9.8 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Logan |
2 |
3.8 |
2 |
3.7 |
2 |
4.1 |
7 |
14.6 |
10 |
22.3 |
| McDowell |
5 |
12.9 |
8 |
22.8 |
2 |
5.7 |
6 |
17.4 |
2 |
5.8 |
| Marion |
5 |
8.0 |
1 |
1.7 |
11 |
17.9 |
3 |
4.6 |
3 |
4.9 |
| Marshall |
1 |
2.3 |
1 |
2.7 |
2 |
5.8 |
6 |
16.3 |
5 |
14.2 |
| Mason |
1 |
3.6 |
2 |
6.1 |
3 |
9.8 |
3 |
10.6 |
3 |
10.5 |
| Mercer |
6 |
7.8 |
6 |
7.3 |
4 |
4.9 |
10 |
12.0 |
9 |
11.2 |
| Mineral |
2 |
6.0 |
2 |
6.9 |
4 |
12.6 |
4 |
13.5 |
1 |
3.3 |
| Mingo |
0 |
0.0 |
5 |
11.0 |
3 |
7.8 |
5 |
11.4 |
3 |
7.6 |
| Monongalia |
5 |
5.9 |
12 |
14.2 |
5 |
5.6 |
7 |
8.8 |
3 |
3.5 |
| Monroe |
1 |
6.4 |
1 |
7.8 |
1 |
6.9 |
3 |
22.2 |
1 |
8.2 |
| Morgan |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
7.2 |
2 |
12.3 |
2 |
13.2 |
1 |
6.6 |
| Nicholas |
1 |
3.5 |
2 |
6.5 |
2 |
7.1 |
3 |
11.7 |
5 |
18.1 |
| Ohio |
7 |
12.5 |
6 |
11.1 |
3 |
5.5 |
3 |
5.6 |
4 |
7.4 |
| Pendleton |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
23.8 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
12.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Pleasants |
1 |
9.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
13.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Pocahontas |
1 |
9.0 |
2 |
20.0 |
1 |
9.5 |
1 |
11.9 |
3 |
31.6 |
| Preston |
5 |
13.4 |
3 |
8.8 |
4 |
11.5 |
3 |
9.9 |
6 |
19.5 |
| Putnam |
1 |
1.8 |
2 |
3.5 |
4 |
7.0 |
3 |
5.1 |
2 |
3.4 |
| Raleigh |
2 |
2.4 |
10 |
11.9 |
5 |
5.5 |
7 |
7.9 |
7 |
8.0 |
| Randolph |
1 |
3.4 |
6 |
19.6 |
3 |
9.3 |
3 |
9.6 |
5 |
17.3 |
| Ritchie |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
8.7 |
1 |
8.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
4 |
34.2 |
| Roane |
2 |
12.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
19.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Summers |
2 |
16.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
4 |
30.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Taylor |
0 |
0.0 |
5 |
33.1 |
2 |
12.8 |
2 |
12.0 |
1 |
6.3 |
| Tucker |
1 |
13.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
16.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Tyler |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
10.5 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
13.0 |
| Upshur |
2 |
7.9 |
1 |
4.0 |
3 |
12.5 |
4 |
15.5 |
2 |
8.2 |
| Wayne |
2 |
4.1 |
6 |
11.8 |
2 |
4.1 |
7 |
14.9 |
3 |
6.1 |
| Webster |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
9.1 |
3 |
27.8 |
1 |
11.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Wetzel |
4 |
17.7 |
3 |
14.6 |
1 |
4.9 |
2 |
9.6 |
2 |
8.3 |
| Wirt |
1 |
18.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
12.8 |
| Wood |
12 |
11.1 |
2 |
2.0 |
6 |
5.6 |
10 |
9.8 |
6 |
5.6 |
| Wyoming |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
3.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
5 |
15.6 |
3 |
10.1 |
| Total |
131 |
6.1 |
160 |
7.6 |
150 |
7.2 |
197 |
9.5 |
167 |
8.1 |
* Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Health Statistics Center, 2000
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Last updated March 23, 2000.