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VITAL STATISTICS STATE SUMMARY: ARKANSAS 2001
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L I V E B I R T H S
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LIVE BIRTHS TO ARKANSAS RESIDENTS, INCLUDING OUT-OF-STATE OCCURRENCES ........................................... 36,982
LIVE BIRTHS TO ARKANSAS RESIDENTS OCCURRING IN OTHER STATES ..................................................... 2,194
LIVE BIRTHS OCCURRING IN ARKANSAS, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS ...................................................... 36,322
LIVE BIRTHS TO NON-RESIDENTS OCCURRING IN ARKANSAS .............................................................. 1,534
RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS, BY RACE OF MOTHER AND SEX OF CHILD
--------- WHITE -------- -------- BLACK ------- ------- OTHER -------
TOTAL RATE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE
36,982 13.7 28,400 14,567 13,833 7,414 3,803 3,611 1,148 587 561
RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS, BY AGE AND RACE OF MOTHER
TOTAL <15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40+
ALL RACES 36,982 109 1,804 4,139 12,866 9,521 5,866 2,232 443
WHITE 28,400 51 1,105 2,860 9,556 7,731 4,927 1,808 360
BLACK 7,414 56 649 1,179 2,987 1,449 701 327 66
OTHER 1,148 2 49 98 317 335 236 96 15
RESIDENT LOW BIRTHWEIGHT LIVE BIRTHS, BY RACE OF MOTHER
TOTAL PERCENT WHITE PERCENT BLACK PERCENT OTHER PERCENT
3,249 8.8 2,119 7.5 1,039 14.0 91 7.9
LIVE BIRTHS BY OCCURRENCE: LOCALE OF DELIVERY AND ATTENDANT
--------------- HOSPITAL --------------- ------------ OUT-OF-HOSPITAL ------------
TOTAL TOTAL PHYSICIAN CN MIDWIFE OTHER TOTAL PHYSICIAN LAY MIDWIFE OTHER
36,322 35,933 35,219 392 319 388 36 193 156
RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS, BY RACE AND AGE
TOTAL PERCENT <15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40+
ALL RACES 13,375 36.2 105 1,518 2,704 5,588 2,101 854 401 104
WHITE 7,340 25.8 47 837 1,521 3,017 1,138 487 228 65
BLACK 5,637 76.0 56 643 1,119 2,425 881 327 149 37
OTHER 396 34.5 2 38 64 144 82 40 24 2
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I N D U C E D A B O R T I O N S A N D F E T A L D E A T H S
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INDUCED ABORTIONS AND FETAL DEATHS, BY RACE
TOTAL WHITE BLACK OTHER UNKNOWN
INDUCED ABORTIONS 5,674 3,159 1,697 248 570
FETAL DEATHS (>=20 WEEKS AND/OR >=350 GRAMS) 291 175 111 4 1
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH