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                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                            NORTHEAST PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                          
                                                   CRAIGHEAD COUNTY                                                                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                               Total Number of Births                                                               
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       85    87   117   102    89    99   118   110   125   115    99   118    1264   Provisional Data                 
         2005      103    98    93    88   115   111   112   103   112   109    93    94    1231   Provisional Data                 
         2006       97    90   123    87   107    99   113   127   116   113   117   108    1297   Provisional Data                 
         2007      101    94   128   106   117   125   124    38     .     .     .     .     833   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                     Total Number of Births to Women Under Age 20                                                   
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       20    10    14    12     8    20    14    14    10    16    10    21     169   Provisional Data                 
         2005       13    14    14    13    12    10    13    11    12    17    18    14     161   Provisional Data                 
         2006       14    12    19    12    17     9    18    15    18    19    11    11     175   Provisional Data                 
         2007       12    13    21    12    17    22    13     8     .     .     .     .     118   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                             Births to Women Under Age 20 as a Percent of All Live Births                                           
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      23.5  11.5  12.0  11.8   9.0  20.2  11.9  12.7   8.0  13.9  10.1  17.8   13.4   Provisional Data                 
         2005      12.6  14.3  15.1  14.8  10.4   9.0  11.6  10.7  10.7  15.6  19.4  14.9   13.1   Provisional Data                 
         2006      14.4  13.3  15.4  13.8  15.9   9.1  15.9  11.8  15.5  16.8   9.4  10.2   13.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007      11.9  13.8  16.4  11.3  14.5  17.6  10.5  21.1    .     .     .     .    14.2   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                     Total Number of Births to Unmarried Women                                                      
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       28    29    43    34    23    36    40    38    34    44    26    48     423   Provisional Data                 
         2005       33    35    29    35    36    39    39    42    44    43    33    38     446   Provisional Data                 
         2006       38    37    46    31    30    40    44    44    49    45    34    43     481   Provisional Data                 
         2007       55    34    52    40    48    57    39    17     .     .     .     .     342   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                             Births to Unmarried Women as a Percent of All Live Births                                              
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      32.9  33.3  36.8  33.3  25.8  36.4  33.9  34.5  27.2  38.3  26.3  40.7   33.5   Provisional Data                 
         2005      32.0  35.7  31.2  39.8  31.3  35.1  34.8  40.8  39.3  39.4  35.5  40.4   36.2   Provisional Data                 
         2006      39.2  41.1  37.4  35.6  28.0  40.4  38.9  34.6  42.2  39.8  29.1  39.8   37.1   Provisional Data                 
         2007      54.5  36.2  40.6  37.7  41.0  45.6  31.5  44.7    .     .     .     .    41.1   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                               Total Number of Births to Unmarried Women Under Age 20                                               
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       14     6    13    10     6    16    14    13     7    13     8    17     137   Provisional Data                 
         2005        9    11     7    12     7     7     9     7    11    15    13    12     120   Provisional Data                 
         2006       12     7    15    10    11     8    15    14    14    12     9     9     136   Provisional Data                 
         2007       10    11    18     9    12    21    11     6     .     .     .     .      98   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                       Births to Unmarried Women Under Age 20 as a Percent of All Live Births                                       
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      16.5   6.9  11.1   9.8   6.7  16.2  11.9  11.8   5.6  11.3   8.1  14.4   10.8   Provisional Data                 
         2005       8.7  11.2   7.5  13.6   6.1   6.3   8.0   6.8   9.8  13.8  14.0  12.8    9.7   Provisional Data                 
         2006      12.4   7.8  12.2  11.5  10.3   8.1  13.3  11.0  12.1  10.6   7.7   8.3   10.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007       9.9  11.7  14.1   8.5  10.3  16.8   8.9  15.8    .     .     .     .    11.8   Provisional Data                 
                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                            NORTHEAST PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                          
                                                   CRAIGHEAD COUNTY                                                                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                    Total Number of Births to Women Under Age 18                                                    
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004        6     6     5     5     2     7     7     5     3     6     4     5      61   Provisional Data                 
         2005        2     3     3     6     4     3     4     1     4     5     7     8      50   Provisional Data                 
         2006        5     4     3     2     3     3     2     3     5     8     6     2      46   Provisional Data                 
         2007        4     5     9     2     1     8     3     3     .     .     .     .      35   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                            Births to Women Under Age 18 as a Percent of All Live Births                                            
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       7.1   6.9   4.3   4.9   2.2   7.1   5.9   4.5   2.4   5.2   4.0   4.2    4.8   Provisional Data                 
         2005       1.9   3.1   3.2   6.8   3.5   2.7   3.6   1.0   3.6   4.6   7.5   8.5    4.1   Provisional Data                 
         2006       5.2   4.4   2.4   2.3   2.8   3.0   1.8   2.4   4.3   7.1   5.1   1.9    3.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007       4.0   5.3   7.0   1.9   0.9   6.4   2.4   7.9    .     .     .     .     4.2   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                            Total Number of Low Birth Weight (Less than 2500 Gms) Births                                            
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004        7     3    19     6    10     6    16     8    14    11     1    14     115   Provisional Data                 
         2005       12     5     9     4     7     9     7    14    10     9     9    10     105   Provisional Data                 
         2006       13     9     9     7     9     8     7     3     6     8     5     5      89   Provisional Data                 
         2007        7    11     5    10     7    13     7     5     .     .     .     .      65   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                               Low Birth Weight Births as a Percent of All Live Births                                              
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       8.2   3.4  16.2   5.9  11.2   6.1  13.6   7.3  11.2   9.6   1.0  11.9    9.1   Provisional Data                 
         2005      11.7   5.1   9.7   4.5   6.1   8.1   6.3  13.6   8.9   8.3   9.7  10.6    8.5   Provisional Data                 
         2006      13.4  10.0   7.3   8.0   8.4   8.1   6.2   2.4   5.2   7.1   4.3   4.6    6.9   Provisional Data                 
         2007       6.9  11.7   3.9   9.4   6.0  10.4   5.6  13.2    .     .     .     .     7.8   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                         Total Number of Births to Women with Less than 12 Years Education                                          
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       19    10    18    14     7    16    17    16    24    18    14    27     200   Provisional Data                 
         2005       16    13    16    12    25    21     9    13    21    16    21    23     206   Provisional Data                 
         2006       17    14    16    19    20     9    16    19    22    23    17    18     210   Provisional Data                 
         2007       19    18    26    18    13    26    26     5     .     .     .     .     151   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                 Births to Women with Less than 12 Years Education as a Percent of All Live Births                                  
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      22.4  11.5  15.4  13.7   7.9  16.2  14.4  14.5  19.2  15.7  14.1  22.9   15.8   Provisional Data                 
         2005      15.5  13.3  17.2  13.6  21.7  18.9   8.0  12.6  18.8  14.7  22.6  24.5   16.7   Provisional Data                 
         2006      17.5  15.6  13.0  21.8  18.7   9.1  14.2  15.0  19.0  20.4  14.5  16.7   16.2   Provisional Data                 
         2007      18.8  19.1  20.3  17.0  11.1  20.8  21.0  13.2    .     .     .     .    18.1   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                     Births with First Trimester Prenatal Care                                                      
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       64    71    88    76    67    75    96    86   102    93    84    95     997   Provisional Data                 
         2005       83    76    69    64    77    83    88    78    97    87    78    70     950   Provisional Data                 
         2006       70    73    86    62    83    69    82    99    92    79    95    75     965   Provisional Data                 
         2007       66    71    94    89    91    93    88    28     .     .     .     .     620   Provisional Data                 
                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                            NORTHEAST PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                          
                                                   CRAIGHEAD COUNTY                                                                 
                                                                                                                                    
                     Births with First Trimester Prenatal Care as a Percent of All Live Births                                      
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      75.3  81.6  75.2  74.5  75.3  75.8  81.4  78.2  81.6  80.9  84.8  80.5   78.9   Provisional Data                 
         2005      80.6  77.6  74.2  72.7  67.0  74.8  78.6  75.7  86.6  79.8  83.9  74.5   77.2   Provisional Data                 
         2006      72.2  81.1  69.9  71.3  77.6  69.7  72.6  78.0  79.3  69.9  81.2  69.4   74.4   Provisional Data                 
         2007      65.3  75.5  73.4  84.0  77.8  74.4  71.0  73.7    .     .     .     .    74.4   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                             Births to Smoking Mothers                                                              
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       17    11    31    14    10    16    20    15    18    21    16    21     210   Provisional Data                 
         2005       21    17    19    13    18    29    11    11    23    21    19    15     217   Provisional Data                 
         2006       21    22    24    17    15    17    25    21    20    22    24    22     250   Provisional Data                 
         2007       25    14    29    16    25    19    18     8     .     .     .     .     154   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                             Births to Smoking Mothers as a Percent of All Live Births                                              
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      20.0  12.6  26.5  13.7  11.2  16.2  16.9  13.6  14.4  18.3  16.2  17.8   16.6   Provisional Data                 
         2005      20.4  17.3  20.4  14.8  15.7  26.1   9.8  10.7  20.5  19.3  20.4  16.0   17.6   Provisional Data                 
         2006      21.6  24.4  19.5  19.5  14.0  17.2  22.1  16.5  17.2  19.5  20.5  20.4   19.3   Provisional Data                 
         2007      24.8  14.9  22.7  15.1  21.4  15.2  14.5  21.1    .     .     .     .    18.5   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                           Births by Cesarean Deliveries                                                            
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       33    26    41    26    37    31    46    37    50    48    28    38     441   Provisional Data                 
         2005       43    31    34    35    45    45    49    35    51    40    34    32     474   Provisional Data                 
         2006       33    37    39    34    40    37    42    43    33    42    43    47     470   Provisional Data                 
         2007       45    31    56    41    38    49    44    13     .     .     .     .     317   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                           Births by Cesarean Deliveries as a Percent of All Live Births                                            
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      38.8  29.9  35.0  25.5  41.6  31.3  39.0  33.6  40.0  41.7  28.3  32.2   34.9   Provisional Data                 
         2005      41.7  31.6  36.6  39.8  39.1  40.5  43.8  34.0  45.5  36.7  36.6  34.0   38.5   Provisional Data                 
         2006      34.0  41.1  31.7  39.1  37.4  37.4  37.2  33.9  28.4  37.2  36.8  43.5   36.2   Provisional Data                 
         2007      44.6  33.0  43.8  38.7  32.5  39.2  35.5  34.2    .     .     .     .    38.1   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                Preterm Births (Gestational Age less than 37 Weeks)                                                 
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004        8     7    13    10    15     7    21    12    23    17    15    20     168   Provisional Data                 
         2005       19     8    14    12    16    14    15    21    16    15    15    15     180   Provisional Data                 
         2006       24    16    12     8    16     6    15     5    13    15    15    15     160   Provisional Data                 
         2007       11    16    13    13    13    19    16     4     .     .     .     .     105   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                    Preterm Births as a Percent of All Live Births                                                  
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       9.4   8.0  11.1   9.8  16.9   7.1  17.8  10.9  18.4  14.8  15.2  16.9   13.3   Provisional Data                 
         2005      18.4   8.2  15.1  13.6  13.9  12.6  13.4  20.4  14.3  13.8  16.1  16.0   14.6   Provisional Data                 
         2006      24.7  17.8   9.8   9.2  15.0   6.1  13.3   3.9  11.2  13.3  12.8  13.9   12.3   Provisional Data                 
         2007      10.9  17.0  10.2  12.3  11.1  15.2  12.9  10.5    .     .     .     .    12.6   Provisional Data                 
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