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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	25,446		182*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	2,037	8.0	101	55.8
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	369	1.5	76	42.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	2,808	11.0	93	51.4
Age of Mother < 20 Years	4,188	16.5	37	20.4
Age of Mother < 15 Years	67	0.3	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	8,368	32.9	84	46.4
Mothers Using Tobacco	5,919	23.3	50	27.6
Mothers Using Alcohol	323	1.3	5	2.8
White Mothers	23,051	90.6	152	84.0
Black Mothers	2,171	8.5	28	15.5
Mothers of Other Races	224	0.9	1	0.6
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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