Illinois Department of Public Health
Infant Mortality Rates by County, 1995-1996

1995
1996
County Births Infant Deaths IM Rate Births Infant Deaths IM Rate
*ILLINOIS* 185,801 1,724 9.3 183,079 1,536 8.4
ADAMS 828 5 ** 830 2 **
ALEXANDER 140 0 ** 147 3 **
BOND 202 2 ** 194 0 **
BOONE 566 3 ** 529 5 **
BROWN 58 0 ** 58 0 **
BUREAU 417 1 ** 417 6 **
CALHOUN 48 0 ** 49 0 **
CARROLL 173 1 ** 175 5 **
CASS 166 0 ** 150 0 **
CHAMPAIGN 2,117 14 6.6 2,270 9 **
CHRISTIAN 436 5 ** 412 4 **
CLARK 193 1 ** 199 1 **
CLAY 166 1 ** 174 2 **
CLINTON 391 3 ** 415 2 **
COLES 579 6 ** 630 5 **
COOK (Suburban) 35,514 315 8.9 34,916 288 8.2
CHICAGO 54,515 685 12.6 52,831 570 10.8
CRAWFORD 226 2 ** 208 1 **
CUMBERLAND 145 0 ** 135 1 **
DEKALB 1,017 6 ** 1,014 5 **
DEWITT 199 2 ** 194 0 **
DOUGLAS 282 3 ** 298 2 **
DUPAGE 13,928 93 6.7 13,680 77 5.6
EDGAR 220 0 ** 242 1 **
EDWARDS 77 1 ** 59 1 **
EFFINGHAM 447 1 ** 464 2 **
FAYETTE 250 1 ** 275 3 **
FORD 189 3 ** 176 1 **
FRANKLIN 475 4 ** 467 3 **
FULTON 412 4 ** 427 2 **
GALLATIN 72 0 ** 68 1 **
GREENE 170 2 ** 203 4 **
GRUNDY 477 10 21.0 500 7 **
HAMILTON 100 2 ** 71 1 **
HANCOCK 205 1 ** 210 3 **
HARDIN 52 0 ** 42 0 **
HENDERSON 83 0 ** 81 1 **
HENRY 578 3 ** 588 3 **
IROQUOIS 339 2 ** 350 3 **
JACKSON 693 11 15.9 696 8 **
JASPER 125 1 ** 132 1 **
JEFFERSON 513 5 ** 457 3 **
JERSEY 221 3 ** 239 2 **
JO DAVIESS 256 1 ** 230 2 **
JOHNSON 106 0 ** 103 1 **
KANE 6,751 54 8.0 6,799 58 8.5
KANKAKEE 1,474 16 10.9 1,555 11 7.1
KENDALL 688 3 ** 721 4 **
KNOX 603 3 ** 637 5 **
LAKE 10,184 69 6.8 10,005 58 5.8
LASALLE 1,370 10 7.3 1,330 10 7.5
LAWRENCE 180 2 ** 135 1 **
LEE 420 3 ** 390 4 **
LIVINGSTON 497 3 ** 442 4 **
LOGAN 336 1 ** 334 3 **
MCDONOUGH 284 2 ** 307 2 **
MCHENRY 3,824 16 4.2 3,894 13 3.3
MCLEAN 1,951 15 7.7 1,857 15 8.1
MACON 1,531 19 12.4 1,593 14 8.8
MACOUPIN 551 3 ** 524 3 **
MADISON 3,357 28 8.3 3,347 21 6.3
MARION 538 3 ** 564 8 **
MARSHALL 142 1 ** 150 2 **
MASON 199 2 ** 191 0 **
MASSAC 167 0 ** 166 0 **
MENARD 138 0 ** 154 1 **
MERCER 184 1 ** 166 3 **
MONROE 302 1 ** 309 1 **
MONTGOMERY 360 1 ** 357 3 **
MORGAN 425 4 ** 401 2 **
MOULTRIE 174 2 ** 192 2 **
OGLE 598 7 ** 585 1 **
PEORIA 2,768 21 7.6 2,655 27 10.2
PERRY 215 1 ** 241 2 **
PIATT 180 2 ** 196 1 **
PIKE 193 1 ** 201 0 **
POPE 35 0 ** 46 1 **
PULASKI 88 1 ** 112 2 **
PUTNAM 83 2 ** 68 0 **
RANDOLPH 388 2 ** 337 4 **
RICHLAND 191 1 ** 215 3 **
ROCK ISLAND 1,917 15 7.8 1,872 13 6.9
ST. CLAIR 4,011 41 10.2 3,886 47 12.1
SALINE 325 1 ** 272 2 **
SANGAMON 2,480 30 12.1 2,483 16 6.4
SCHUYLER 96 1 ** 88 0 **
SCOTT 59 1 ** 67 0 **
SHELBY 266 1 ** 274 2 **
STARK 74 0 ** 80 1 **
STEPHENSON 600 7 ** 624 5 **
TAZEWELL 1,630 10 6.1 1,559 8 **
UNION 219 4 ** 208 3 **
VERMILION 1,145 20 17.5 1,138 10 8.8
WABASH 149 1 ** 123 1 **
WARREN 195 1 ** 233 0 **
WASHINGTON 179 0 ** 151 2 **
WAYNE 182 4 ** 172 0 **
WHITE 170 1 ** 157 0 **
WHITESIDE 768 0 ** 780 7 **
WILL 6,626 43 6.5 6,741 45 6.7
WILLIAMSON 673 5 ** 690 4 **
WINNEBAGO 3,880 32 8.2 3,867 38 9.8
WOODFORD 412 3 ** 429 2 **
UNSPECIFIED 10 0 ** 4 0 **

** Rate does not meet standards of reliability or precision.





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