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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	1,819		22*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	146	8.0	17	81.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	29	1.6	12	57.1
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	213	11.7	14	66.7
Age of Mother < 20 Years	376	20.7	8	38.1
Age of Mother < 15 Years	4	0.2	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	527	29.0	13	61.9
Mothers Using Tobacco	432	23.7	8	38.1
Mothers Using Alcohol	14	0.8	1	4.8
White Mothers	1,791	98.5	21	100.0
Black Mothers	17	0.9	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	11	0.6	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

* This includes 1 infant death without matching birth information.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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