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Infant Deaths and Selected Risk Factors
Associated with Infant Deaths
West Virginia Residents, 2005
Table 40


Factor		 Births Infant Deaths
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 20,834 168
Birthweight < 2,500 Grams 1,984 9.5 101 60.1
Birthweight < 1,500 Grams 339 1.6 71 42.3
Gestational Age < 37 Weeks 2,595 12.5 102 60.7
Age of Mother < 20 Years 2,472 11.9 27 16.1
Age of Mother < 15 Years 22 0.1 0 0.0
Unmarried Mothers 7,589 36.4 78 46.4
Mothers Using Tobacco 5,509 26.4 62 36.9
Mothers Using Alcohol 90 0.4 1 0.6
White Mothers 19,891 95.5 159 94.6
Black Mothers 698 3.4 8 4.8
Mothers of Other Races 245 1.2 1 0.6

Factor		 Number Percent Number Percent
Births Infant Deaths

This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2005 Annual Report

Last updated April 9, 2007.

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