Infant Mortality Numbers by County, 1997-1999

  1997 1998 1999
County Births Infant
Deaths 		IM
Rate 		Births Infant
Deaths 		IM
Rate		 Births Infant
Deaths		 IM
Rate
*ILLINOIS* 180,649 1,476 8.2 182,503 1,505 8.2 182,027 1,504 8.3
ADAMS 812 7 ** 862 8 ** 843 2 **
ALEXANDER 132 1 ** 140 3 ** 117 1 **
BOND 193 2 ** 201 1 ** 188 3 **
BOONE 531 2 ** 545 7 ** 595 4 **
BROWN 64 0 ** 41 0 ** 51 0 **
BUREAU 389 3 ** 417 2 ** 396 3 **
CALHOUN 37 0 ** 57 1 ** 47 0 **
CARROLL 163 2 ** 185 0 ** 193 1 **
CASS 185 1 ** 188 0 ** 191 2 **
CHAMPAIGN 2,175 24 11.0 2,128 9 ** 2,194 17 7.7
CHRISTIAN 439 4 ** 412 1 ** 395 2 **
CLARK 180 1 ** 209 1 ** 177 0 **
CLAY 168 1 ** 183 2 ** 169 0 **
CLINTON 424 0 ** 368 1 ** 402 2 **
COLES 561 4 ** 590 5 ** 592 5 **
COOK 85,589 820 9.6 85,970 814 9.5 84,535 857 10.1
  Chicago 51,117 547 10.7 51,517 562 10.9 50,542 579 11.5
  Suburban Cook 34,472 273 7.9 34,453 252 7.3 33,993 278 8.2
CRAWFORD 213 0 ** 233 3 ** 222 2 **
CUMBERLAND 136 2 ** 125 1 ** 139 0 **
DEKALB 1,056 8 ** 1,082 3 ** 1,083 7 **
DEWITT 191 0 ** 211 1 ** 193 4 **
DOUGLAS 287 1 ** 275 1 ** 294 1 **
DUPAGE 13,440 79 5.9 13,251 88 6.6 13,427 82 6.1
EDGAR 210 2 ** 218 3 ** 227 3 **
EDWARDS 76 1 ** 69 1 ** 72 0 **
EFFINGHAM 480 2 ** 481 0 ** 488 7 **
FAYETTE 268 2 ** 255 2 ** 254 3 **
FORD 180 2 ** 171 2 ** 176 1 **
FRANKLIN 469 3 ** 406 1 ** 465 7 **
FULTON 419 2 ** 396 2 ** 401 2 **
GALLATIN 67 0 ** 51 0 ** 64 0 **
GREENE 195 0 ** 167 0 ** 177 1 **
GRUNDY 458 3 ** 453 1 ** 503 2 **
HAMILTON 92 0 ** 85 0 ** 93 0 **
HANCOCK 218 1 ** 215 0 ** 218 0 **
HARDIN 59 0 ** 41 0 ** 51 0 **
HENDERSON 88 0 ** 81 0 ** 75 0 **
HENRY 549 2 ** 561 6 ** 602 4 **
IROQUOIS 353 1 ** 360 3 ** 365 2 **
JACKSON 667 6 ** 644 8 ** 705 4 **
JASPER 114 0 ** 115 2 ** 111 2 **
JEFFERSON 450 2 ** 455 2 ** 446 4 **
JERSEY 259 0 ** 244 1 ** 249 0 **
JO DAVIESS 251 0 ** 231 0 ** 232 0 **
JOHNSON 99 2 ** 130 0 ** 140 2 **
KANE 6,975 55 7.9 7,184 47 6.5 7,359 49 6.7
KANKAKEE 1,510 12 7.9 1,497 14 9.4 1,493 7 **
KENDALL 686 6 ** 778 4 ** 801 5 **
KNOX 620 3 ** 663 4 ** 655 3 **
LAKE 10,177 57 5.6 10,462 53 5.1 10,617 54 5.1
LASALLE 1,362 10 7.3 1,423 8 ** 1,350 7 **
LAWRENCE 164 1 ** 171 5 ** 191 0 **
LEE 424 4 ** 376 2 ** 352 3 **
LIVINGSTON 462 2 ** 443 2 ** 457 2 **
LOGAN 316 2 ** 357 3 ** 333 3 **
MCDONOUGH 284 2 ** 286 3 ** 306 2 **
MCHENRY 3,836 25 6.5 3,822 23 6.0 4,016 23 5.7
MCLEAN 1,978 15 7.6 1,921 19 9.9 1,948 12 6.2
MACON 1,491 17 11.4 1,541 12 7.8 1,528 15 9.8
MACOUPIN 519 2 ** 525 1 ** 579 3 **
MADISON 3,331 26 7.8 3,373 33 9.8 3,262 22 6.7
MARION 562 4 ** 512 2 ** 534 5 **
MARSHALL 150 2 ** 144 1 ** 128 0 **
MASON 179 2 ** 191 4 ** 176 2 **
MASSAC 165 0 ** 183 0 ** 202 0 **
MENARD 150 1 ** 129 1 ** 124 1 **
MERCER 190 2 ** 181 0 ** 193 1 **
MONROE 306 1 ** 309 1 ** 338 1 **
MONTGOMERY 319 3 ** 338 1 ** 345 2 **
MORGAN 393 5 ** 426 7 ** 392 0 **
MOULTRIE 178 0 ** 162 0 ** 206 0 **
OGLE 570 5 ** 625 2 ** 623 2 **
PEORIA 2,575 20 7.8 2,717 25 9.2 2,581 29 11.2
PERRY 240 1 ** 251 1 ** 227 2 **
PIATT 208 0 ** 179 0 ** 170 1 **
PIKE 191 1 ** 200 1 ** 192 0 **
POPE 48 0 ** 34 0 ** 32 0 **
PULASKI 99 0 ** 89 0 ** 112 2 **
PUTNAM 55 0 ** 64 2 ** 73 0 **
RANDOLPH 374 2 ** 400 3 ** 385 7 **
RICHLAND 217 0 ** 209 0 ** 205 1 **
ROCK ISLAND 2,013 21 10.4 1,959 18 9.2 2,001 13 6.5
ST. CLAIR 3,678 29 7.9 3,755 43 11.5 3,681 31 8.4
SALINE 315 0 ** 323 2 ** 293 1 **
SANGAMON 2,487 28 11.3 2,537 23 9.1 2,442 16 6.6
SCHUYLER 83 0 ** 82 2 ** 71 0 **
SCOTT 73 0 ** 59 1 ** 64 0 **
SHELBY 261 0 ** 253 2 ** 261 2 **
STARK 78 1 ** 82 0 ** 77 1 **
STEPHENSON 608 2 ** 636 2 ** 611 4 **
TAZEWELL 1,574 12 7.6 1,567 13 8.3 1,553 8 **
UNION 197 0 ** 217 1 ** 198 0 **
VERMILION 1,137 5 ** 1,181 6 ** 1,170 16 13.7
WABASH 102 2 ** 148 3 ** 134 1 **
WARREN 234 1 ** 215 1 ** 212 0 **
WASHINGTON 153 1 ** 166 0 ** 153 1 **
WAYNE 195 1 ** 196 1 ** 208 2 **
WHITE 168 0 ** 157 0 ** 170 0 **
WHITESIDE 771 4 ** 827 3 ** 750 4 **
WILL 6,925 52 7.5 7,389 76 10.3 7,825 56 7.2
WILLIAMSON 697 7 ** 704 7 ** 721 6 **
WINNEBAGO 3,813 24 6.3 3,964 25 6.3 3,952 35 8.9
WOODFORD 393 4 ** 417 5 ** 436 2 **
UNSPECIFIED 4 1 ** 2 1 ** 2 0 **

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

Last Updated 1/09/01




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