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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	803		4
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	62	7.7	3	75.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	7	0.9	2	50.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	101	12.6	4	100.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years	148	18.4	1	25.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years	1	0.1	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	223	27.8	2	50.0
Mothers Using Tobacco	223	27.8	2	50.0
Mothers Using Alcohol	7	0.9	0	0.0
White Mothers	799	99.5	4	100.0
Black Mothers	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	4	0.5	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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