Infant Mortality Numbers by County, 2000-2002

  2000 2001 2002
County Births Infant
Deaths 		IM
Rate		 Births Infant
Deaths		 IM
Rate		 Births Infant
Deaths 		IM
Rate
*ILLINOIS* 185,003 1,528 8.3 184,022 1,379 7.5 180,555 1,304 7.2
ADAMS 825 6 ** 866 6 ** 760 3 **
ALEXANDER 132 2 ** 138 0 ** 129 4 **
BOND 184 2 ** 196 1 ** 172 2 **
BOONE 587 3 ** 629 3 ** 629 6 **
BROWN 63 0 -0- 57 0 ** 54 0 **
BUREAU 434 4 ** 420 0 ** 434 0 **
CALHOUN 51 0 -0- 49 0 ** 48 0 **
CARROLL 170 3 ** 147 2 ** 191 2 **
CASS 181 1 ** 215 2 ** 185 5 **
CHAMPAIGN 2,260 23 10.2 2,312 21 9.1 2,226 22 9.9
CHRISTIAN 404 7 ** 396 3 ** 396 1 **
CLARK 189 0 -0- 205 1 ** 174 1 **
CLAY 187 0 -0- 198 0 ** 178 1 **
CLINTON 439 1 ** 375 3 ** 361 1 **
COLES 615 5 ** 596 7 ** 570 2 **
COOK 85,503 819 9.6 84,269 699 8.3 81,567 652 8.0
  Chicago 50,885 532 10.5 49,596 446 9.0 47,958 412 8.6
  Suburban Cook 34,618 287 8.3 34,673 253 7.3 33,609 240 7.1
CRAWFORD 240 1 ** 184 2 ** 192 0 **
CUMBERLAND 120 0 -0- 123 4 ** 123 0 **
DEKALB 1,118 8 ** 1,211 10 8.3 1,128 11 9.8
DEWITT 206 1 ** 227 3 ** 203 2 **
DOUGLAS 287 3 ** 333 1 ** 288 0 **
DUPAGE 13,528 84 6.2 13,393 93 6.9 12,811 76 5.9
EDGAR 199 3 ** 225 1 ** 215 0 **
EDWARDS 95 0 -0- 80 2 ** 67 2 **
EFFINGHAM 440 5 ** 468 2 ** 428 5 **
FAYETTE 268 2 ** 234 1 ** 244 0 **
FORD 191 2 ** 176 0 ** 155 1 **
FRANKLIN 495 3 ** 474 4 ** 470 6 **
FULTON 431 1 ** 392 2 ** 400 2 **
GALLATIN 75 1 ** 77 0 ** 62 1 **
GREENE 170 1 ** 173 0 ** 151 0 **
GRUNDY 493 4 ** 484 4 ** 483 3 **
HAMILTON 100 1 ** 87 3 ** 84 2 **
HANCOCK 259 1 ** 202 0 ** 214 3 **
HARDIN 37 0 -0- 43 0 ** 44 0 **
HENDERSON 77 0 -0- 78 0 ** 59 1 **
HENRY 601 7 ** 536 4 ** 551 6 **
IROQUOIS 367 2 ** 353 1 ** 355 2 **
JACKSON 667 8 ** 676 6 ** 632 7 **
JASPER 110 3 ** 105 0 ** 115 0 **
JEFFERSON 476 3 ** 489 3 ** 496 2 **
JERSEY 211 0 -0- 241 4 ** 240 1 **
JO DAVIESS 246 2 ** 242 1 ** 231 1 **
JOHNSON 162 1 ** 107 0 ** 130 0 **
KANE 7,844 56 7.1 8,054 52 6.5 8,299 45 5.4
KANKAKEE 1,561 21 13.5 1,554 13 8.4 1,575 18 11.4
KENDALL 879 7 ** 944 8 ** 1,060 6 **
KNOX 626 4 ** 628 7 ** 630 2 **
LAKE 10,562 48 4.5 10,703 57 5.3 10,362 49 4.7
LASALLE 1,488 8 ** 1,434 8 ** 1,387 10 7.2
LAWRENCE 143 1 ** 160 0 ** 167 0 **
LEE 409 4 ** 347 1 ** 372 2 **
LIVINGSTON 524 3 ** 555 5 ** 483 5 **
LOGAN 349 2 ** 299 1 ** 348 2 **
MCDONOUGH 327 0 -0- 288 1 ** 277 1 **
MCHENRY 4,056 22 5.4 4,125 15 3.6 4,200 14 3.3
MCLEAN 1,990 6 ** 2,041 18 8.8 2,100 15 7.1
MACON 1,445 10 6.9 1,447 17 11.7 1,465 9 **
MACOUPIN 520 1 ** 600 6 ** 538 4 **
MADISON 3,376 27 8.0 3,258 21 6.4 3,391 29 8.6
MARION 534 3 ** 535 4 ** 518 3 **
MARSHALL 131 0 -0- 136 3 ** 143 2 **
MASON 166 0 -0- 200 1 ** 179 1 **
MASSAC 177 1 ** 180 0 ** 208 3 **
MENARD 150 0 -0- 140 2 ** 127 0 **
MERCER 178 0 -0- 219 0 ** 179 0 **
MONROE 350 3 ** 355 0 ** 340 1 **
MONTGOMERY 363 0 -0- 331 1 ** 334 0 **
MORGAN 430 5 ** 423 0 ** 430 4 **
MOULTRIE 204 1 ** 199 4 ** 177 0 **
OGLE 600 6 ** 589 6 ** 589 2 **
PEORIA 2,688 22 8.2 2,584 19 7.4 2,603 21 8.1
PERRY 242 0 -0- 233 3 ** 267 0 **
PIATT 191 4 ** 165 1 ** 156 2 **
PIKE 194 1 ** 177 0 ** 188 0 **
POPE 29 0 -0- 31 0 ** 34 0 **
PULASKI 104 1 ** 104 0 ** 93 2 **
PUTNAM 60 0 -0- 62 1 ** 70 0 **
RANDOLPH 387 4 ** 366 5 ** 403 2 **
RICHLAND 199 1 ** 190 3 ** 188 2 **
ROCK ISLAND 1,921 22 11.5 1,961 9 ** 1,957 11 5.6
ST. CLAIR 3,734 38 10.2 3,704 38 10.3 3,618 32 8.8
SALINE 297 6 ** 296 4 ** 324 2 **
SANGAMON 2,646 18 6.8 2,555 18 7.0 2,460 23 9.3
SCHUYLER 79 1 ** 82 0 ** 60 0 **
SCOTT 72 1 ** 59 0 ** 55 0 **
SHELBY 244 2 ** 223 3 ** 234 0 **
STARK 75 0 -0- 76 1 ** 61 1 **
STEPHENSON 594 2 ** 576 3 ** 589 4 **
TAZEWELL 1,585 20 12.6 1,573 8 ** 1,620 11 6.8
UNION 202 0 -0- 211 1 ** 210 0 **
VERMILION 1,207 11 9.1 1,119 17 15.2 1,098 6 **
WABASH 132 0 -0- 152 1 ** 140 0 **
WARREN 214 1 ** 191 0 ** 209 1 **
WASHINGTON 179 2 ** 189 4 ** 155 0 **
WAYNE 183 2 ** 207 4 ** 231 1 **
WHITE 158 0 -0- 171 0 ** 167 0 **
WHITESIDE 771 2 ** 727 7 ** 767 4 **
WILL 8,213 56 6.8 8,681 52 6.0 8,959 64 7.1
WILLIAMSON 674 5 ** 733 1 ** 738 7 **
WINNEBAGO 4,021 40 9.9 3,938 23 5.8 3,967 38 9.6
WOODFORD 433 3 ** 459 3 ** 410 6 **
UNSPECIFIED 0 1 ** 2 0 ** 1 1 **

Rates are per 1,000 live births
** Rate does not meet standards of reliability or precision.
-0- Rate zero corresponding to "--" in frequency counts

Last Updated 2/8/2002




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