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                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                            SOUTHWEST PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                          
                                                     HOWARD COUNTY                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
                                               Total Number of Births                                                               
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       20    20    20    22    17    19    20    30    17    25    10    22     242   Provisional Data                 
         2005       19    15    18    20    18    21    26    13    20    14    23    20     227   Provisional Data                 
         2006       11     7     9    12    25    12    14    12    24    21    12     9     168   Provisional Data                 
         2007        7     8     5     4    10     8     7     2     .     .     .     .      51   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        4     3     2     2     4     4     3     2     3     6     5     8      46   Provisional Data                 
         2005        2     3     4     4     3     3     6     1     5     1     3     7      42   Provisional Data                 
         2006        1     0     0     2     6     2     1     4     1     5     3     1      26   Provisional Data                 
         2007        0     2     0     0     0     1     2     0     .     .     .     .       5   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      20.0  15.0  10.0   9.1  23.5  21.1  15.0   6.7  17.6  24.0  50.0  36.4   19.0   Provisional Data                 
         2005      10.5  20.0  22.2  20.0  16.7  14.3  23.1   7.7  25.0   7.1  13.0  35.0   18.5   Provisional Data                 
         2006       9.1   0.0   0.0  16.7  24.0  16.7   7.1  33.3   4.2  23.8  25.0  11.1   15.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007       0.0  25.0   0.0   0.0   0.0  12.5  28.6   0.0    .     .     .     .     9.8   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                     Total Number of Births to Unmarried Women                                                      
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       10     6     4     4     7     7    13    11    11    11     4    14     102   Provisional Data                 
         2005        9     7     4     7    11    11     9     3    11     5    11     6      94   Provisional Data                 
         2006        8     2     4     6    12     5     8     5     7    10     5     1      73   Provisional Data                 
         2007        1     4     3     3     5     6     5     1     .     .     .     .      28   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      50.0  30.0  20.0  18.2  41.2  36.8  65.0  36.7  64.7  44.0  40.0  63.6   42.1   Provisional Data                 
         2005      47.4  46.7  22.2  35.0  61.1  52.4  34.6  23.1  55.0  35.7  47.8  30.0   41.4   Provisional Data                 
         2006      72.7  28.6  44.4  50.0  48.0  41.7  57.1  41.7  29.2  47.6  41.7  11.1   43.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007      14.3  50.0  60.0  75.0  50.0  75.0  71.4  50.0    .     .     .     .    54.9   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        2     2     1     0     3     2     2     1     2     6     4     6      31   Provisional Data                 
         2005        2     2     2     1     2     1     6     0     4     0     3     3      26   Provisional Data                 
         2006        0     0     0     2     3     1     1     2     1     4     2     1      17   Provisional Data                 
         2007        0     1     0     0     0     1     2     0     .     .     .     .       4   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      10.0  10.0   5.0   0.0  17.6  10.5  10.0   3.3  11.8  24.0  40.0  27.3   12.8   Provisional Data                 
         2005      10.5  13.3  11.1   5.0  11.1   4.8  23.1   0.0  20.0   0.0  13.0  15.0   11.5   Provisional Data                 
         2006       0.0   0.0   0.0  16.7  12.0   8.3   7.1  16.7   4.2  19.0  16.7  11.1   10.1   Provisional Data                 
         2007       0.0  12.5   0.0   0.0   0.0  12.5  28.6   0.0    .     .     .     .     7.8   Provisional Data                 
                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                            SOUTHWEST PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                          
                                                     HOWARD COUNTY                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
                                    Total Number of Births to Women Under Age 18                                                    
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004        1     0     0     0     0     0     1     0     1     2     2     3      10   Provisional Data                 
         2005        1     1     2     0     0     0     2     0     2     0     1     0       9   Provisional Data                 
         2006        0     0     0     1     2     0     1     0     0     2     1     1       8   Provisional Data                 
         2007        0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     .     .     .     .       0   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       5.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   5.0   0.0   5.9   8.0  20.0  13.6    4.1   Provisional Data                 
         2005       5.3   6.7  11.1   0.0   0.0   0.0   7.7   0.0  10.0   0.0   4.3   0.0    4.0   Provisional Data                 
         2006       0.0   0.0   0.0   8.3   8.0   0.0   7.1   0.0   0.0   9.5   8.3  11.1    4.8   Provisional Data                 
         2007       0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0    .     .     .     .     0.0   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        2     3     0     1     2     1     4     3     0     6     2     7      31   Provisional Data                 
         2005        1     0     2     1     3     2     3     0     4     1     7     1      25   Provisional Data                 
         2006        1     0     2     0     3     1     4     1     0     0     2     1      15   Provisional Data                 
         2007        0     0     1     0     1     0     1     1     .     .     .     .       4   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      10.0  15.0   0.0   4.5  11.8   5.3  20.0  10.0   0.0  24.0  20.0  31.8   12.8   Provisional Data                 
         2005       5.3   0.0  11.1   5.0  16.7   9.5  11.5   0.0  20.0   7.1  30.4   5.0   11.0   Provisional Data                 
         2006       9.1   0.0  22.2   0.0  12.0   8.3  28.6   8.3   0.0   0.0  16.7  11.1    8.9   Provisional Data                 
         2007       0.0   0.0  20.0   0.0  10.0   0.0  14.3  50.0    .     .     .     .     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        5     3     7     4     7     7     5    10     3     6     3     6      66   Provisional Data                 
         2005        8     7     5     5     6     4     9     5     8     4     8     1      70   Provisional Data                 
         2006        7     4     2     6     6     5     7     5     9     8     3     6      68   Provisional Data                 
         2007        2     3     2     1     1     5     3     1     .     .     .     .      18   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      25.0  15.0  35.0  18.2  41.2  36.8  25.0  33.3  17.6  24.0  30.0  27.3   27.3   Provisional Data                 
         2005      42.1  46.7  27.8  25.0  33.3  19.0  34.6  38.5  40.0  28.6  34.8   5.0   30.8   Provisional Data                 
         2006      63.6  57.1  22.2  50.0  24.0  41.7  50.0  41.7  37.5  38.1  25.0  66.7   40.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007      28.6  37.5  40.0  25.0  10.0  62.5  42.9  50.0    .     .     .     .    35.3   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                     Births with First Trimester Prenatal Care                                                      
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       17    16    19    20    14    16    18    21    11    22     8    15     197   Provisional Data                 
         2005       15    11    14    15    14    15    21    11    15    11    16    14     172   Provisional Data                 
         2006        9     5     6     9    17     8    11     5    18    15     6     6     115   Provisional Data                 
         2007        5     5     4     2     9     7     6     2     .     .     .     .      40   Provisional Data                 
                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                            SOUTHWEST PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                          
                                                     HOWARD 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      85.0  80.0  95.0  90.9  82.4  84.2  90.0  70.0  64.7  88.0  80.0  68.2   81.4   Provisional Data                 
         2005      78.9  73.3  77.8  75.0  77.8  71.4  80.8  84.6  75.0  78.6  69.6  70.0   75.8   Provisional Data                 
         2006      81.8  71.4  66.7  75.0  68.0  66.7  78.6  41.7  75.0  71.4  50.0  66.7   68.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007      71.4  62.5  80.0  50.0  90.0  87.5  85.7 100.0    .     .     .     .    78.4   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                             Births to Smoking Mothers                                                              
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004        4     1     1     1     2     2     2     9     2     2     3     3      32   Provisional Data                 
         2005        6     4     1     2     8     1     4     1     2     3     7     3      42   Provisional Data                 
         2006        1     0     1     2     1     2     4     2     3     2     2     1      21   Provisional Data                 
         2007        0     0     1     0     0     1     2     1     .     .     .     .       5   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   5.0   5.0   4.5  11.8  10.5  10.0  30.0  11.8   8.0  30.0  13.6   13.2   Provisional Data                 
         2005      31.6  26.7   5.6  10.0  44.4   4.8  15.4   7.7  10.0  21.4  30.4  15.0   18.5   Provisional Data                 
         2006       9.1   0.0  11.1  16.7   4.0  16.7  28.6  16.7  12.5   9.5  16.7  11.1   12.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007       0.0   0.0  20.0   0.0   0.0  12.5  28.6  50.0    .     .     .     .     9.8   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                           Births by Cesarean Deliveries                                                            
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004        8     5     9     7     6     0     8     8     3    14     3     5      76   Provisional Data                 
         2005        5     4     5     7     9     8     7     3     1     6     4     8      67   Provisional Data                 
         2006        2     2     3     3     8     8     8     7     6     5     6     0      58   Provisional Data                 
         2007        2     1     2     2     1     3     1     0     .     .     .     .      12   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      40.0  25.0  45.0  31.8  35.3   0.0  40.0  26.7  17.6  56.0  30.0  22.7   31.4   Provisional Data                 
         2005      26.3  26.7  27.8  35.0  50.0  38.1  26.9  23.1   5.0  42.9  17.4  40.0   29.5   Provisional Data                 
         2006      18.2  28.6  33.3  25.0  32.0  66.7  57.1  58.3  25.0  23.8  50.0   0.0   34.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007      28.6  12.5  40.0  50.0  10.0  37.5  14.3   0.0    .     .     .     .    23.5   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                Preterm Births (Gestational Age less than 37 Weeks)                                                 
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004        4     4     1     4     3     3     2     2     2     6     3     6      40   Provisional Data                 
         2005        3     3     3     1     9     7     5     0     3     2     7     3      46   Provisional Data                 
         2006        3     0     3     1     6     3     5     3     5     3     3     3      38   Provisional Data                 
         2007        0     1     2     0     4     2     2     1     .     .     .     .      12   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      20.0  20.0   5.0  18.2  17.6  15.8  10.0   6.7  11.8  24.0  30.0  27.3   16.5   Provisional Data                 
         2005      15.8  20.0  16.7   5.0  50.0  33.3  19.2   0.0  15.0  14.3  30.4  15.0   20.3   Provisional Data                 
         2006      27.3   0.0  33.3   8.3  24.0  25.0  35.7  25.0  20.8  14.3  25.0  33.3   22.6   Provisional Data                 
         2007       0.0  12.5  40.0   0.0  40.0  25.0  28.6  50.0    .     .     .     .    23.5   Provisional Data                 
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