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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	1,397		12
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	90	6.4	8	66.7
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	15	1.1	6	50.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	146	10.5	5	41.7
Age of Mother < 20 Years	207	14.8	6	50.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years	2	0.1	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	304	21.8	5	41.7
Mothers Using Tobacco	385	27.6	5	41.7
Mothers Using Alcohol	68	4.9	0	0.0
White Mothers	1,378	98.6	12	100.0
Black Mothers	14	1.0	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	5	0.4	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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