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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	1,017		11*
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	84	8.3	5	50.0
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	8	0.8	1	10.0
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	102	10.0	2	20.0
Age of Mother < 20 Years	170	16.7	4	40.0
Age of Mother < 15 Years	1	0.1	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	277	27.2	5	50.0
Mothers Using Tobacco	248	24.4	2	20.0
Mothers Using Alcohol	6	0.6	0	0.0
White Mothers	1,013	99.6	10	100.0
Black Mothers	2	0.2	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	2	0.2	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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