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                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                             CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                           
                                                    GARLAND COUNTY                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
                                               Total Number of Births                                                               
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       80    85    97    96    91    96    93    89    93    93    97    93    1103   Provisional Data                 
         2005       94    69    85    82    94   107    87   119   108    84    95    96    1120   Provisional Data                 
         2006       87    99    92   102    97    88   106   108    93   121   105   108    1206   Provisional Data                 
         2007       87    84   101    87   105    82    95    31     .     .     .     .     672   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        7    20    19    17    13    14    15     9    16    16    13     8     167   Provisional Data                 
         2005       19    14    10    12    11    20    10    19    12    20    12    11     170   Provisional Data                 
         2006       15    15    12    19     8    19    15    10    12    21    14    14     174   Provisional Data                 
         2007       13    16    17     8    19    10    16     4     .     .     .     .     103   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       8.8  23.5  19.6  17.7  14.3  14.6  16.1  10.1  17.2  17.2  13.4   8.6   15.1   Provisional Data                 
         2005      20.2  20.3  11.8  14.6  11.7  18.7  11.5  16.0  11.1  23.8  12.6  11.5   15.2   Provisional Data                 
         2006      17.2  15.2  13.0  18.6   8.2  21.6  14.2   9.3  12.9  17.4  13.3  13.0   14.4   Provisional Data                 
         2007      14.9  19.0  16.8   9.2  18.1  12.2  16.8  12.9    .     .     .     .    15.3   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                     Total Number of Births to Unmarried Women                                                      
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       30    38    40    39    36    41    43    40    32    43    39    36     457   Provisional Data                 
         2005       34    40    28    33    40    44    34    50    43    43    39    37     465   Provisional Data                 
         2006       38    48    39    45    42    34    37    43    43    49    44    45     507   Provisional Data                 
         2007       33    35    42    47    49    29    49    10     .     .     .     .     294   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      37.5  44.7  41.2  40.6  39.6  42.7  46.2  44.9  34.4  46.2  40.2  38.7   41.4   Provisional Data                 
         2005      36.2  58.0  32.9  40.2  42.6  41.1  39.1  42.0  39.8  51.2  41.1  38.5   41.5   Provisional Data                 
         2006      43.7  48.5  42.4  44.1  43.3  38.6  34.9  39.8  46.2  40.5  41.9  41.7   42.0   Provisional Data                 
         2007      37.9  41.7  41.6  54.0  46.7  35.4  51.6  32.3    .     .     .     .    43.8   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        4    15    17    14     9    10    12     8    11    13    10     6     129   Provisional Data                 
         2005       12    12     7    10     9    16     7    16     7    15    11     5     127   Provisional Data                 
         2006       11    11     9    17     8    14     7     8    10    17     8    11     131   Provisional Data                 
         2007       12    12    13     8    16     7    16     3     .     .     .     .      87   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       5.0  17.6  17.5  14.6   9.9  10.4  12.9   9.0  11.8  14.0  10.3   6.5   11.7   Provisional Data                 
         2005      12.8  17.4   8.2  12.2   9.6  15.0   8.0  13.4   6.5  17.9  11.6   5.2   11.3   Provisional Data                 
         2006      12.6  11.1   9.8  16.7   8.2  15.9   6.6   7.4  10.8  14.0   7.6  10.2   10.9   Provisional Data                 
         2007      13.8  14.3  12.9   9.2  15.2   8.5  16.8   9.7    .     .     .     .    12.9   Provisional Data                 
                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                             CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                           
                                                    GARLAND COUNTY                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
                                    Total Number of Births to Women Under Age 18                                                    
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004        2     4     5     4     3     4     4     2     5     5     2     2      42   Provisional Data                 
         2005        2     7     4     2     4     3     5     8     3     7     4     2      51   Provisional Data                 
         2006        4     5     4     2     4     7     5     4     5     6     2     3      51   Provisional Data                 
         2007        5     5     5     4     7     2     3     1     .     .     .     .      32   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       2.5   4.7   5.2   4.2   3.3   4.2   4.3   2.2   5.4   5.4   2.1   2.2    3.8   Provisional Data                 
         2005       2.1  10.1   4.7   2.4   4.3   2.8   5.7   6.7   2.8   8.3   4.2   2.1    4.6   Provisional Data                 
         2006       4.6   5.1   4.3   2.0   4.1   8.0   4.7   3.7   5.4   5.0   1.9   2.8    4.2   Provisional Data                 
         2007       5.7   6.0   5.0   4.6   6.7   2.4   3.2   3.2    .     .     .     .     4.8   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       10     5     7    10     9     9     5    11    11    11    10     8     106   Provisional Data                 
         2005        4     9     7    10     9     9     6    11     2    12     8     9      96   Provisional Data                 
         2006       13     9     5     8     7    12     9     6     7    14    12    16     118   Provisional Data                 
         2007       10     8    10    12     9     7    12     2     .     .     .     .      70   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      12.5   5.9   7.2  10.4   9.9   9.4   5.4  12.4  11.8  11.8  10.3   8.6    9.6   Provisional Data                 
         2005       4.3  13.0   8.2  12.2   9.6   8.4   6.9   9.2   1.9  14.3   8.4   9.4    8.6   Provisional Data                 
         2006      14.9   9.1   5.4   7.8   7.2  13.6   8.5   5.6   7.5  11.6  11.4  14.8    9.8   Provisional Data                 
         2007      11.5   9.5   9.9  13.8   8.6   8.5  12.6   6.5    .     .     .     .    10.4   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       17    17    17    20    15    23    15    18    13    23    26    25     229   Provisional Data                 
         2005       24    16    17    24    17    17    16    20    15    26    21    16     229   Provisional Data                 
         2006       20    28    19    24    23    23    29    17    15    18    18    25     259   Provisional Data                 
         2007       19    17    14    20    26    16    13     9     .     .     .     .     134   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      21.3  20.0  17.5  20.8  16.5  24.0  16.1  20.2  14.0  24.7  26.8  26.9   20.8   Provisional Data                 
         2005      25.5  23.2  20.0  29.3  18.1  15.9  18.4  16.8  13.9  31.0  22.1  16.7   20.4   Provisional Data                 
         2006      23.0  28.3  20.7  23.5  23.7  26.1  27.4  15.7  16.1  14.9  17.1  23.1   21.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007      21.8  20.2  13.9  23.0  24.8  19.5  13.7  29.0    .     .     .     .    19.9   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                     Births with First Trimester Prenatal Care                                                      
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       62    69    84    80    82    74    74    72    75    76    77    72     897   Provisional Data                 
         2005       73    55    66    67    72    90    76    91    85    59    72    76     882   Provisional Data                 
         2006       60    67    63    79    72    70    89    87    66    85    81    86     905   Provisional Data                 
         2007       70    67    75    74    82    62    68    25     .     .     .     .     523   Provisional Data                 
                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                             CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                           
                                                    GARLAND 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      77.5  81.2  86.6  83.3  90.1  77.1  79.6  80.9  80.6  81.7  79.4  77.4   81.3   Provisional Data                 
         2005      77.7  79.7  77.6  81.7  76.6  84.1  87.4  76.5  78.7  70.2  75.8  79.2   78.8   Provisional Data                 
         2006      69.0  67.7  68.5  77.5  74.2  79.5  84.0  80.6  71.0  70.2  77.1  79.6   75.0   Provisional Data                 
         2007      80.5  79.8  74.3  85.1  78.1  75.6  71.6  80.6    .     .     .     .    77.8   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                             Births to Smoking Mothers                                                              
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       19    20    16    25    13    26    24    26    19    32    29    19     268   Provisional Data                 
         2005       14    11    12    20    15    28    14    28    24    15    13    19     213   Provisional Data                 
         2006       16    29    17    23    14    20    25    22    24    20    21    22     253   Provisional Data                 
         2007       19    23    20    25    24    23    19     7     .     .     .     .     160   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      23.8  23.5  16.5  26.0  14.3  27.1  25.8  29.2  20.4  34.4  29.9  20.4   24.3   Provisional Data                 
         2005      14.9  15.9  14.1  24.4  16.0  26.2  16.1  23.5  22.2  17.9  13.7  19.8   19.0   Provisional Data                 
         2006      18.4  29.3  18.5  22.5  14.4  22.7  23.6  20.4  25.8  16.5  20.0  20.4   21.0   Provisional Data                 
         2007      21.8  27.4  19.8  28.7  22.9  28.0  20.0  22.6    .     .     .     .    23.8   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                           Births by Cesarean Deliveries                                                            
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       23    22    21    30    21    25    24    28    24    35    30    34     317   Provisional Data                 
         2005       31    23    24    18    28    27    22    40    28    21    33    19     314   Provisional Data                 
         2006       36    40    25    34    35    32    27    38    24    32    34    35     392   Provisional Data                 
         2007       23    26    35    30    31    19    33     7     .     .     .     .     204   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      28.8  25.9  21.6  31.3  23.1  26.0  25.8  31.5  25.8  37.6  30.9  36.6   28.7   Provisional Data                 
         2005      33.0  33.3  28.2  22.0  29.8  25.2  25.3  33.6  25.9  25.0  34.7  19.8   28.0   Provisional Data                 
         2006      41.4  40.4  27.2  33.3  36.1  36.4  25.5  35.2  25.8  26.4  32.4  32.4   32.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007      26.4  31.0  34.7  34.5  29.5  23.2  34.7  22.6    .     .     .     .    30.4   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                Preterm Births (Gestational Age less than 37 Weeks)                                                 
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       14    13    12    13    13    20    15    14     5    12    16    13     160   Provisional Data                 
         2005        9     7     7    14     9    20    10    10     7    16    14    16     139   Provisional Data                 
         2006        9    20    11    12    10    10    17    11    10    15    16     9     150   Provisional Data                 
         2007       12    22    11    14    16    19    13     3     .     .     .     .     110   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      17.5  15.3  12.4  13.5  14.3  20.8  16.1  15.7   5.4  12.9  16.5  14.0   14.5   Provisional Data                 
         2005       9.6  10.1   8.2  17.1   9.6  18.7  11.5   8.4   6.5  19.0  14.7  16.7   12.4   Provisional Data                 
         2006      10.3  20.2  12.0  11.8  10.3  11.4  16.0  10.2  10.8  12.4  15.2   8.3   12.4   Provisional Data                 
         2007      13.8  26.2  10.9  16.1  15.2  23.2  13.7   9.7    .     .     .     .    16.4   Provisional Data                 
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