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VITAL STATISTICS STATE SUMMARY: ARKANSAS 2000
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L I V E B I R T H S
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LIVE BIRTHS TO ARKANSAS RESIDENTS, INCLUDING OUT-OF-STATE OCCURRENCES ........................................... 37,790
LIVE BIRTHS TO ARKANSAS RESIDENTS OCCURRING IN OTHER STATES ..................................................... 2,351
LIVE BIRTHS OCCURRING IN ARKANSAS, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS ...................................................... 36,869
LIVE BIRTHS TO NON-RESIDENTS OCCURRING IN ARKANSAS .............................................................. 1,430
RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS, BY RACE OF MOTHER AND SEX OF CHILD
--------- WHITE -------- -------- BLACK ------- ------- OTHER -------
TOTAL RATE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE
37,790 14.1 28,704 14,603 14,101 7,944 4,144 3,800 1,106 567 539
RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS, BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
TOTAL <15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40+
ALL RACES 37,790 131 2,022 4,377 12,853 10,034 5,671 2,213 479
WHITE 28,704 50 1,222 3,014 9,358 8,107 4,757 1,818 370
BLACK 7,944 79 744 1,238 3,185 1,600 695 308 94
OTHER 1,106 2 49 116 302 319 217 86 15
RESIDENT LOW BIRTHWEIGHT LIVE BIRTHS, BY RACE OF MOTHER
TOTAL PERCENT WHITE PERCENT BLACK PERCENT OTHER PERCENT
3,236 8.6 2,052 7.1 1,095 13.8 89 8.0
LIVE BIRTHS BY OCCURRENCE: LOCALE OF DELIVERY AND ATTENDANT
--------------- HOSPITAL --------------- ------------ OUT-OF-HOSPITAL ------------
TOTAL TOTAL PHYSICIAN CN MIDWIFE OTHER TOTAL PHYSICIAN LAY MIDWIFE OTHER
36,869 36,480 35,767 583 114 388 29 205 149
RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS, BY RACE AND AGE
TOTAL PERCENT <15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40+
ALL RACES 13,512 35.8 128 1,681 2,820 5,475 2,132 786 372 113
WHITE 7,189 25.0 48 898 1,575 2,769 1,152 445 233 65
BLACK 5,954 74.9 78 735 1,170 2,578 914 306 128 44
OTHER 353 31.9 2 42 71 124 64 35 11 4
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I N D U C E D A B O R T I O N S A N D F E T A L D E A T H S
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INDUCED ABORTIONS AND FETAL DEATHS, BY RACE
TOTAL WHITE BLACK OTHER UNKNOWN
INDUCED ABORTIONS 5,844 3,412 2,214 143 75
FETAL DEATHS (>=20 WEEKS AND/OR >=350 GRAMS) 268 177 86 2 3
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH