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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	3,180		30*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	205	6.4	20	69.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	37	1.2	12	41.4
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	292	9.2	15	51.7
Age of Mother < 20 Years	473	14.9	6	20.7
Age of Mother < 15 Years	7	0.2	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	747	23.5	9	31.0
Mothers Using Tobacco	654	20.6	11	37.9
Mothers Using Alcohol	39	1.2	1	3.4
White Mothers	3,078	96.8	28	96.6
Black Mothers	91	2.9	1	3.4
Mothers of Other Races	11	0.3	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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