Infant Mortality Numbers by County, 1999-2001

  1999 2000 2001
County Births Infant
Deaths		 IM
Rate		 Births Infant
Deaths 		IM
Rate		 Births Infant
Deaths		 IM
Rate
*ILLINOIS* 182,027 1,504 8.3 185,003 1,528 8.3 184,022 1,379 7.5
ADAMS 843 2 ** 825 6 ** 866 6 **
ALEXANDER 117 1 ** 132 2 ** 138 0 **
BOND 188 3 ** 184 2 ** 196 1 **
BOONE 595 4 ** 587 3 ** 629 3 **
BROWN 51 0 ** 63 0 -0- 57 0 **
BUREAU 396 3 ** 434 4 ** 420 0 **
CALHOUN 47 0 ** 51 0 -0- 49 0 **
CARROLL 193 1 ** 170 3 ** 147 2 **
CASS 191 2 ** 181 1 ** 215 2 **
CHAMPAIGN 2,194 17 7.7 2,260 23 10.2 2,312 21 9.1
CHRISTIAN 395 2 ** 404 7 ** 396 3 **
CLARK 177 0 ** 189 0 -0- 205 1 **
CLAY 169 0 ** 187 0 -0- 198 0 **
CLINTON 402 2 ** 439 1 ** 375 3 **
COLES 592 5 ** 615 5 ** 596 7 **
COOK 84,535 857 10.1 85,503 819 9.6 84,269 699 8.3
  Chicago 50,542 579 11.5 50,885 532 10.5 49,596 446 9.0
  Suburban Cook 33,993 278 8.2 34,618 287 8.3 34,673 253 7.3
CRAWFORD 222 2 ** 240 1 ** 184 2 **
CUMBERLAND 139 0 ** 120 0 -0- 123 4 **
DEKALB 1,083 7 ** 1,118 8 ** 1,211 10 8.3
DEWITT 193 4 ** 206 1 ** 227 3 **
DOUGLAS 294 1 ** 287 3 ** 333 1 **
DUPAGE 13,427 82 6.1 13,528 84 6.2 13,393 93 6.9
EDGAR 227 3 ** 199 3 ** 225 1 **
EDWARDS 72 0 ** 95 0 -0- 80 2 **
EFFINGHAM 488 7 ** 440 5 ** 468 2 **
FAYETTE 254 3 ** 268 2 ** 234 1 **
FORD 176 1 ** 191 2 ** 176 0 **
FRANKLIN 465 7 ** 495 3 ** 474 4 **
FULTON 401 2 ** 431 1 ** 392 2 **
GALLATIN 64 0 ** 75 1 ** 77 0 **
GREENE 177 1 ** 170 1 ** 173 0 **
GRUNDY 503 2 ** 493 4 ** 484 4 **
HAMILTON 93 0 ** 100 1 ** 87 3 **
HANCOCK 218 0 ** 259 1 ** 202 0 **
HARDIN 51 0 ** 37 0 -0- 43 0 **
HENDERSON 75 0 ** 77 0 -0- 78 0 **
HENRY 602 4 ** 601 7 ** 536 4 **
IROQUOIS 365 2 ** 367 2 ** 353 1 **
JACKSON 705 4 ** 667 8 ** 676 6 **
JASPER 111 2 ** 110 3 ** 105 0 **
JEFFERSON 446 4 ** 476 3 ** 489 3 **
JERSEY 249 0 ** 211 0 -0- 241 4 **
JO DAVIESS 232 0 ** 246 2 ** 242 1 **
JOHNSON 140 2 ** 162 1 ** 107 0 **
KANE 7,359 49 6.7 7,844 56 7.1 8,054 52 6.5
KANKAKEE 1,493 7 ** 1,561 21 13.5 1,554 13 8.4
KENDALL 801 5 ** 879 7 ** 944 8 **
KNOX 655 3 ** 626 4 ** 628 7 **
LAKE 10,617 54 5.1 10,562 48 4.5 10,703 57 5.3
LASALLE 1,350 7 ** 1,488 8 ** 1,434 8 **
LAWRENCE 191 0 ** 143 1 ** 160 0 **
LEE 352 3 ** 409 4 ** 347 1 **
LIVINGSTON 457 2 ** 524 3 ** 555 5 **
LOGAN 333 3 ** 349 2 ** 299 1 **
MCDONOUGH 306 2 ** 327 0 -0- 288 1 **
MCHENRY 4,016 23 5.7 4,056 22 5.4 4,125 15 3.6
MCLEAN 1,948 12 6.2 1,990 6 ** 2,041 18 8.8
MACON 1,528 15 9.8 1,445 10 6.9 1,447 17 11.7
MACOUPIN 579 3 ** 520 1 ** 600 6 **
MADISON 3,262 22 6.7 3,376 27 8.0 3,258 21 6.4
MARION 534 5 ** 534 3 ** 535 4 **
MARSHALL 128 0 ** 131 0 -0- 136 3 **
MASON 176 2 ** 166 0 -0- 200 1 **
MASSAC 202 0 ** 177 1 ** 180 0 **
MENARD 124 1 ** 150 0 -0- 140 2 **
MERCER 193 1 ** 178 0 -0- 219 0 **
MONROE 338 1 ** 350 3 ** 355 0 **
MONTGOMERY 345 2 ** 363 0 -0- 331 1 **
MORGAN 392 0 ** 430 5 ** 423 0 **
MOULTRIE 206 0 ** 204 1 ** 199 4 **
OGLE 623 2 ** 600 6 ** 589 6 **
PEORIA 2,581 29 11.2 2,688 22 8.2 2,584 19 7.4
PERRY 227 2 ** 242 0 -0- 233 3 **
PIATT 170 1 ** 191 4 ** 165 1 **
PIKE 192 0 ** 194 1 ** 177 0 **
POPE 32 0 ** 29 0 -0- 31 0 **
PULASKI 112 2 ** 104 1 ** 104 0 **
PUTNAM 73 0 ** 60 0 -0- 62 1 **
RANDOLPH 385 7 ** 387 4 ** 366 5 **
RICHLAND 205 1 ** 199 1 ** 190 3 **
ROCK ISLAND 2,001 13 6.5 1,921 22 11.5 1,961 9 **
ST. CLAIR 3,681 31 8.4 3,734 38 10.2 3,704 38 10.3
SALINE 293 1 ** 297 6 ** 296 4 **
SANGAMON 2,442 16 6.6 2,646 18 6.8 2,555 18 7.0
SCHUYLER 71 0 ** 79 1 ** 82 0 **
SCOTT 64 0 ** 72 1 ** 59 0 **
SHELBY 261 2 ** 244 2 ** 223 3 **
STARK 77 1 ** 75 0 -0- 76 1 **
STEPHENSON 611 4 ** 594 2 ** 576 3 **
TAZEWELL 1,553 8 ** 1,585 20 12.6 1,573 8 **
UNION 198 0 ** 202 0 -0- 211 1 **
VERMILION 1,170 16 13.7 1,207 11 9.1 1,119 17 15.2
WABASH 134 1 ** 132 0 -0- 152 1 **
WARREN 212 0 ** 214 1 ** 191 0 **
WASHINGTON 153 1 ** 179 2 ** 189 4 **
WAYNE 208 2 ** 183 2 ** 207 4 **
WHITE 170 0 ** 158 0 -0- 171 0 **
WHITESIDE 750 4 ** 771 2 ** 727 7 **
WILL 7,825 56 7.2 8,213 56 6.8 8,681 52 6.0
WILLIAMSON 721 6 ** 674 5 ** 733 1 **
WINNEBAGO 3,952 35 8.9 4,021 40 9.9 3,938 23 5.8
WOODFORD 436 2 ** 433 3 ** 459 3 **
UNSPECIFIED 2 0 ** 0 1 ** 2 0 **

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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