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                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                             CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                           
                                                    PULASKI COUNTY                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
                                               Total Number of Births                                                               
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      497   483   500   462   441   487   518   530   493   433   494   481    5819   Provisional Data                 
         2005      483   440   462   478   496   510   477   501   494   450   458   478    5727   Provisional Data                 
         2006      537   433   461   434   490   529   481   549   579   511   457   549    6010   Provisional Data                 
         2007      521   448   472   462   513   493   537   166     .     .     .     .    3612   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       69    54    67    67    68    55    70    61    70    43    63    53     740   Provisional Data                 
         2005       53    54    61    60    64    51    61    55    43    46    63    51     662   Provisional Data                 
         2006       55    64    55    49    44    65    49    65    85    68    42    74     715   Provisional Data                 
         2007       59    45    52    52    61    64    66    19     .     .     .     .     418   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      13.9  11.2  13.4  14.5  15.4  11.3  13.5  11.5  14.2   9.9  12.8  11.0   12.7   Provisional Data                 
         2005      11.0  12.3  13.2  12.6  12.9  10.0  12.8  11.0   8.7  10.2  13.8  10.7   11.6   Provisional Data                 
         2006      10.2  14.8  11.9  11.3   9.0  12.3  10.2  11.8  14.7  13.3   9.2  13.5   11.9   Provisional Data                 
         2007      11.3  10.0  11.0  11.3  11.9  13.0  12.3  11.4    .     .     .     .    11.6   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                     Total Number of Births to Unmarried Women                                                      
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      229   197   207   182   193   199   223   232   231   185   225   213    2516   Provisional Data                 
         2005      224   207   193   231   219   229   221   214   226   196   216   224    2600   Provisional Data                 
         2006      257   212   211   205   227   234   237   262   294   250   222   297    2908   Provisional Data                 
         2007      238   221   224   225   241   245   280    82     .     .     .     .    1756   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      46.1  40.8  41.4  39.4  43.8  40.9  43.1  43.8  46.9  42.7  45.5  44.3   43.2   Provisional Data                 
         2005      46.4  47.0  41.8  48.3  44.2  44.9  46.3  42.7  45.7  43.6  47.2  46.9   45.4   Provisional Data                 
         2006      47.9  49.0  45.8  47.2  46.3  44.2  49.3  47.7  50.8  48.9  48.6  54.1   48.4   Provisional Data                 
         2007      45.7  49.3  47.5  48.7  47.0  49.7  52.1  49.4    .     .     .     .    48.6   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       61    45    62    56    59    44    63    56    62    38    55    46     647   Provisional Data                 
         2005       45    50    47    53    58    45    52    46    39    39    58    48     580   Provisional Data                 
         2006       47    59    47    45    37    58    44    59    76    62    37    61     632   Provisional Data                 
         2007       52    44    47    51    56    56    63    19     .     .     .     .     388   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      12.3   9.3  12.4  12.1  13.4   9.0  12.2  10.6  12.6   8.8  11.1   9.6   11.1   Provisional Data                 
         2005       9.3  11.4  10.2  11.1  11.7   8.8  10.9   9.2   7.9   8.7  12.7  10.0   10.1   Provisional Data                 
         2006       8.8  13.6  10.2  10.4   7.6  11.0   9.1  10.7  13.1  12.1   8.1  11.1   10.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007      10.0   9.8  10.0  11.0  10.9  11.4  11.7  11.4    .     .     .     .    10.7   Provisional Data                 
                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                             CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                           
                                                    PULASKI COUNTY                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
                                    Total Number of Births to Women Under Age 18                                                    
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       21    15    26    16    16    11    20    16    25    14    15    21     216   Provisional Data                 
         2005       17    16    17    22    18    17    17    17    17    14    21    16     209   Provisional Data                 
         2006       18    25    15    12    15    22    19    21    23    22    20    22     234   Provisional Data                 
         2007       17     9    17    19    15    19    29     5     .     .     .     .     130   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       4.2   3.1   5.2   3.5   3.6   2.3   3.9   3.0   5.1   3.2   3.0   4.4    3.7   Provisional Data                 
         2005       3.5   3.6   3.7   4.6   3.6   3.3   3.6   3.4   3.4   3.1   4.6   3.3    3.6   Provisional Data                 
         2006       3.4   5.8   3.3   2.8   3.1   4.2   4.0   3.8   4.0   4.3   4.4   4.0    3.9   Provisional Data                 
         2007       3.3   2.0   3.6   4.1   2.9   3.9   5.4   3.0    .     .     .     .     3.6   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       51    52    47    56    69    43    65    57    54    49    51    46     640   Provisional Data                 
         2005       57    44    37    53    37    55    52    51    51    51    51    51     590   Provisional Data                 
         2006       49    41    38    52    48    60    64    56    55    54    52    60     629   Provisional Data                 
         2007       64    47    52    59    52    67    62    14     .     .     .     .     417   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      10.3  10.8   9.4  12.1  15.6   8.8  12.5  10.8  11.0  11.3  10.3   9.6   11.0   Provisional Data                 
         2005      11.8  10.0   8.0  11.1   7.5  10.8  10.9  10.2  10.3  11.3  11.1  10.7   10.3   Provisional Data                 
         2006       9.1   9.5   8.2  12.0   9.8  11.3  13.3  10.2   9.5  10.6  11.4  10.9   10.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007      12.3  10.5  11.0  12.8  10.1  13.6  11.5   8.4    .     .     .     .    11.5   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       87    68    82    80    63    67    88    72    80    51    77    70     885   Provisional Data                 
         2005       76    80    77    75    77    89    85    80    79    60    85    74     937   Provisional Data                 
         2006       92    90    71    63    78    89    92    91   102    80    80   100    1028   Provisional Data                 
         2007       87    71    75    70    85    93    90    26     .     .     .     .     597   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      17.5  14.1  16.4  17.3  14.3  13.8  17.0  13.6  16.2  11.8  15.6  14.6   15.2   Provisional Data                 
         2005      15.7  18.2  16.7  15.7  15.5  17.5  17.8  16.0  16.0  13.3  18.6  15.5   16.4   Provisional Data                 
         2006      17.1  20.8  15.4  14.5  15.9  16.8  19.1  16.6  17.6  15.7  17.5  18.2   17.1   Provisional Data                 
         2007      16.7  15.8  15.9  15.2  16.6  18.9  16.8  15.7    .     .     .     .    16.5   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                     Births with First Trimester Prenatal Care                                                      
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      437   409   431   396   386   441   455   459   419   385   434   429    5081   Provisional Data                 
         2005      424   388   395   414   419   453   419   440   444   409   397   404    5006   Provisional Data                 
         2006      474   381   408   390   420   464   406   486   512   449   386   467    5243   Provisional Data                 
         2007      458   389   416   407   453   436   463   148     .     .     .     .    3170   Provisional Data                 
                                                       ARKANSAS                                                                     
                                             CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH REGION                                                           
                                                    PULASKI 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      87.9  84.7  86.2  85.7  87.5  90.6  87.8  86.6  85.0  88.9  87.9  89.2   87.3   Provisional Data                 
         2005      87.8  88.2  85.5  86.6  84.5  88.8  87.8  87.8  89.9  90.9  86.7  84.5   87.4   Provisional Data                 
         2006      88.3  88.0  88.5  89.9  85.7  87.7  84.4  88.5  88.4  87.9  84.5  85.1   87.2   Provisional Data                 
         2007      87.9  86.8  88.1  88.1  88.3  88.4  86.2  89.2    .     .     .     .    87.8   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                             Births to Smoking Mothers                                                              
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       52    56    57    54    53    45    63    66    70    55    54    38     663   Provisional Data                 
         2005       52    47    43    46    40    55    54    51    53    41    55    43     580   Provisional Data                 
         2006       78    53    56    44    57    61    64    62    60    43    55    59     692   Provisional Data                 
         2007       49    45    49    36    51    52    65    18     .     .     .     .     365   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      10.5  11.6  11.4  11.7  12.0   9.2  12.2  12.5  14.2  12.7  10.9   7.9   11.4   Provisional Data                 
         2005      10.8  10.7   9.3   9.6   8.1  10.8  11.3  10.2  10.7   9.1  12.0   9.0   10.1   Provisional Data                 
         2006      14.5  12.2  12.1  10.1  11.6  11.5  13.3  11.3  10.4   8.4  12.0  10.7   11.5   Provisional Data                 
         2007       9.4  10.0  10.4   7.8   9.9  10.5  12.1  10.8    .     .     .     .    10.1   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                           Births by Cesarean Deliveries                                                            
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004      154   156   161   140   149   162   166   181   152   136   162   136    1855   Provisional Data                 
         2005      155   143   152   159   162   184   151   176   164   148   138   139    1871   Provisional Data                 
         2006      191   134   146   152   155   179   159   192   181   196   172   201    2058   Provisional Data                 
         2007      195   175   162   167   194   172   213    50     .     .     .     .    1328   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      31.0  32.3  32.2  30.3  33.8  33.3  32.0  34.2  30.8  31.4  32.8  28.3   31.9   Provisional Data                 
         2005      32.1  32.5  32.9  33.3  32.7  36.1  31.7  35.1  33.2  32.9  30.1  29.1   32.7   Provisional Data                 
         2006      35.6  30.9  31.7  35.0  31.6  33.8  33.1  35.0  31.3  38.4  37.6  36.6   34.2   Provisional Data                 
         2007      37.4  39.1  34.3  36.1  37.8  34.9  39.7  30.1    .     .     .     .    36.8   Provisional Data                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                Preterm Births (Gestational Age less than 37 Weeks)                                                 
                   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Total                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         2004       48    62    52    68    78    63    66    61    53    61    64    67     743   Provisional Data                 
         2005       73    73    52    54    80    75    65    71    64    72    51    82     812   Provisional Data                 
         2006       77    61    76    72    66    83    84    74    68    63    62    67     853   Provisional Data                 
         2007       76    50    71    92    80    90    79    24     .     .     .     .     562   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       9.7  12.8  10.4  14.7  17.7  12.9  12.7  11.5  10.8  14.1  13.0  13.9   12.8   Provisional Data                 
         2005      15.1  16.6  11.3  11.3  16.1  14.7  13.6  14.2  13.0  16.0  11.1  17.2   14.2   Provisional Data                 
         2006      14.3  14.1  16.5  16.6  13.5  15.7  17.5  13.5  11.7  12.3  13.6  12.2   14.2   Provisional Data                 
         2007      14.6  11.2  15.0  19.9  15.6  18.3  14.7  14.5    .     .     .     .    15.6   Provisional Data                 
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