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

Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	817		11
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams	72	8.8	9	81.8
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams	12	1.5	8	72.7
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks	96	11.8	9	81.8
Age of Mother < 20 Years	113	13.8	4	36.4
Age of Mother < 15 Years	0	0.0	0	0.0
Unmarried Mothers	153	18.7	1	9.1
Mothers Using Tobacco	193	23.6	6	54.5
Mothers Using Alcohol	5	0.6	0	0.0
White Mothers	814	99.6	11	100.0
Black Mothers	0	0.0	0	0.0
Mothers of Other Races	3	0.4	0	0.0
Factor	Births		Infant Deaths
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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