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VITAL STATISTICS STATE SUMMARY: ARKANSAS 2002
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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 ........................................... 37,456
LIVE BIRTHS TO ARKANSAS RESIDENTS OCCURRING IN OTHER STATES ..................................................... 2,183
LIVE BIRTHS OCCURRING IN ARKANSAS, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS ...................................................... 36,793
LIVE BIRTHS TO NON-RESIDENTS OCCURRING IN ARKANSAS .............................................................. 1,520
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
37,456 13.8 28,692 14,792 13,899 7,406 3,711 3,695 1,345 681 664
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 37,456 108 1,789 3,889 13,058 9,716 6,129 2,265 486
WHITE 28,692 37 1,132 2,738 9,641 7,764 5,139 1,846 387
BLACK 7,406 64 600 1,052 3,056 1,543 719 298 73
OTHER 1,345 7 57 98 360 409 270 118 25
RESIDENT LOW BIRTHWEIGHT LIVE BIRTHS, BY RACE OF MOTHER
TOTAL PERCENT WHITE PERCENT BLACK PERCENT OTHER PERCENT
3,207 8.6 2,109 7.4 1,008 13.6 90 6.7
LIVE BIRTHS BY OCCURRENCE: LOCALE OF DELIVERY AND ATTENDANT
--------------- HOSPITAL --------------- ------------ OUT-OF-HOSPITAL ------------
TOTAL TOTAL PHYSICIAN CN MIDWIFE OTHER TOTAL PHYSICIAN LAY MIDWIFE OTHER
36,793 36,405 35,922 257 210 379 25 202 152
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 13,921 37.2 105 1,524 2,631 5,918 2,292 958 372 113
WHITE 7,824 27.3 34 878 1,563 3,242 1,226 575 233 66
BLACK 5,626 76.0 64 595 995 2,512 968 331 121 39
OTHER 469 34.9 7 51 72 163 98 52 18 8
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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 5,280 2,763 1,567 238 712
FETAL DEATHS (>=20 WEEKS AND/OR >=350 GRAMS) 264 178 81 3 2
SOURCE: Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health, DHHS