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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	1,263		13
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	111	8.8	10	76.9
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	15	1.2	6	46.2
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	165	13.1	10	76.9
Age of Mother < 20 Years	255	20.2	3	23.1
Age of Mother < 15 Years	8	0.6	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	388	30.7	1	7.7
Mothers Using Tobacco	418	33.1	3	23.1
Mothers Using Alcohol	36	2.9	0	0.0
White Mothers	1,223	96.8	13	100.0
Black Mothers	38	3.0	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	2	0.2	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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