Infant Mortality Numbers by County, 1998-2000

  1998 1999 2000
County Births Infant
Deaths 		IM
Rate 		Births Infant
Deaths		 IM
Rate		 Births Infant
Deaths 		IM
Rate
*ILLINOIS* 182,503 1,505 8.2 182,027 1,504 8.3 185,003 1,528 8.3
ADAMS 862 8 ** 843 2 ** 825 6 **
ALEXANDER 140 3 ** 117 1 ** 132 2 **
BOND 201 1 ** 188 3 ** 184 2 **
BOONE 545 7 ** 595 4 ** 587 3 **
BROWN 41 0 ** 51 0 ** 63 0 -0-
BUREAU 417 2 ** 396 3 ** 434 4 **
CALHOUN 57 1 ** 47 0 ** 51 0 -0-
CARROLL 185 0 ** 193 1 ** 170 3 **
CASS 188 0 ** 191 2 ** 181 1 **
CHAMPAIGN 2,128 9 ** 2,194 17 7.7 2,260 23 10.2
CHRISTIAN 412 1 ** 395 2 ** 404 7 **
CLARK 209 1 ** 177 0 ** 189 0 -0-
CLAY 183 2 ** 169 0 ** 187 0 -0-
CLINTON 368 1 ** 402 2 ** 439 1 **
COLES 590 5 ** 592 5 ** 615 5 **
COOK 85,970 814 9.5 84,535 857 10.1 85,503 819 9.6
  Chicago 51,517 562 10.9 50,542 579 11.5 50,885 532 10.5
  Suburban Cook 34,453 252 7.3 33,993 278 8.2 34,618 287 8.3
CRAWFORD 233 3 ** 222 2 ** 240 1 **
CUMBERLAND 125 1 ** 139 0 ** 120 0 -0-
DEKALB 1,082 3 ** 1,083 7 ** 1,118 8 **
DEWITT 211 1 ** 193 4 ** 206 1 **
DOUGLAS 275 1 ** 294 1 ** 287 3 **
DUPAGE 13,251 88 6.6 13,427 82 6.1 13,528 84 6.2
EDGAR 218 3 ** 227 3 ** 199 3 **
EDWARDS 69 1 ** 72 0 ** 95 0 -0-
EFFINGHAM 481 0 ** 488 7 ** 440 5 **
FAYETTE 255 2 ** 254 3 ** 268 2 **
FORD 171 2 ** 176 1 ** 191 2 **
FRANKLIN 406 1 ** 465 7 ** 495 3 **
FULTON 396 2 ** 401 2 ** 431 1 **
GALLATIN 51 0 ** 64 0 ** 75 1 **
GREENE 167 0 ** 177 1 ** 170 1 **
GRUNDY 453 1 ** 503 2 ** 493 4 **
HAMILTON 85 0 ** 93 0 ** 100 1 **
HANCOCK 215 0 ** 218 0 ** 259 1 **
HARDIN 41 0 ** 51 0 ** 37 0 -0-
HENDERSON 81 0 ** 75 0 ** 77 0 -0-
HENRY 561 6 ** 602 4 ** 601 7 **
IROQUOIS 360 3 ** 365 2 ** 367 2 **
JACKSON 644 8 ** 705 4 ** 667 8 **
JASPER 115 2 ** 111 2 ** 110 3 **
JEFFERSON 455 2 ** 446 4 ** 476 3 **
JERSEY 244 1 ** 249 0 ** 211 0 -0-
JO DAVIESS 231 0 ** 232 0 ** 246 2 **
JOHNSON 130 0 ** 140 2 ** 162 1 **
KANE 7,184 47 6.5 7,359 49 6.7 7,844 56 7.1
KANKAKEE 1,497 14 9.4 1,493 7 ** 1,561 21 13.5
KENDALL 778 4 ** 801 5 ** 879 7 **
KNOX 663 4 ** 655 3 ** 626 4 **
LAKE 10,462 53 5.1 10,617 54 5.1 10,562 48 4.5
LASALLE 1,423 8 7.3 1,350 7 ** 1,488 8 **
LAWRENCE 171 5 ** 191 0 ** 143 1 **
LEE 376 2 ** 352 3 ** 409 4 **
LIVINGSTON 443 2 ** 457 2 ** 524 3 **
LOGAN 357 3 ** 333 3 ** 349 2 **
MCDONOUGH 286 3 ** 306 2 ** 327 0 -0-
MCHENRY 3,822 23 6.0 4,016 23 5.7 4,056 22 5.4
MCLEAN 1,921 19 9.9 1,948 12 6.2 1,990 6 **
MACON 1,541 12 7.8 1,528 15 9.8 1,445 10 6.9
MACOUPIN 525 1 ** 579 3 ** 520 1 **
MADISON 3,373 33 9.8 3,262 22 6.7 3,376 27 8.0
MARION 512 2 ** 534 5 ** 534 3 **
MARSHALL 144 1 ** 128 0 ** 131 0 -0-
MASON 191 4 ** 176 2 ** 166 0 -0-
MASSAC 183 0 ** 202 0 ** 177 1 **
MENARD 129 1 ** 124 1 ** 150 0 -0-
MERCER 181 0 ** 193 1 ** 178 0 -0-
MONROE 309 1 ** 338 1 ** 350 3 **
MONTGOMERY 338 1 ** 345 2 ** 363 0 -0-
MORGAN 426 7 ** 392 0 ** 430 5 **
MOULTRIE 162 0 ** 206 0 ** 204 1 **
OGLE 625 2 ** 623 2 ** 600 6 **
PEORIA 2,717 25 9.2 2,581 29 11.2 2,688 22 8.2
PERRY 251 1 ** 227 2 ** 242 0 -0-
PIATT 179 0 ** 170 1 ** 191 4 **
PIKE 200 1 ** 192 0 ** 194 1 **
POPE 34 0 ** 32 0 ** 29 0 -0-
PULASKI 89 0 ** 112 2 ** 104 1 **
PUTNAM 64 2 ** 73 0 ** 60 0 -0-
RANDOLPH 400 3 ** 385 7 ** 387 4 **
RICHLAND 209 0 ** 205 1 ** 199 1 **
ROCK ISLAND 1,959 18 9.2 2,001 13 6.5 1,921 22 11.5
ST. CLAIR 3,755 43 11.5 3,681 31 8.4 3,734 38 10.2
SALINE 323 2 ** 293 1 ** 297 6 **
SANGAMON 2,537 23 9.1 2,442 16 6.6 2,646 18 6.8
SCHUYLER 82 2 ** 71 0 ** 79 1 **
SCOTT 59 1 ** 64 0 ** 72 1 **
SHELBY 253 2 ** 261 2 ** 244 2 **
STARK 82 0 ** 77 1 ** 75 0 -0-
STEPHENSON 636 2 ** 611 4 ** 594 2 **
TAZEWELL 1,567 13 8.3 1,553 8 ** 1,585 20 12.6
UNION 217 1 ** 198 0 ** 202 0 -0-
VERMILION 1,181 6 ** 1,170 16 13.7 1,207 11 9.1
WABASH 148 3 ** 134 1 ** 132 0 -0-
WARREN 215 1 ** 212 0 ** 214 1 **
WASHINGTON 166 0 ** 153 1 ** 179 2 **
WAYNE 196 1 ** 208 2 ** 183 2 **
WHITE 157 0 ** 170 0 ** 158 0 -0-
WHITESIDE 827 3 ** 750 4 ** 771 2 **
WILL 7,389 76 10.3 7,825 56 7.2 8,213 56 6.8
WILLIAMSON 704 7 ** 721 6 ** 674 5 **
WINNEBAGO 3,964 25 6.3 3,952 35 8.9 4,021 40 9.9
WOODFORD 417 5 ** 436 2 ** 433 3 **
UNSPECIFIED 2 1 ** 2 0 ** 0 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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