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VITAL STATISTICS STATE SUMMARY: ARKANSAS 2002
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D E A T H S
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DEATHS TO ARKANSAS RESIDENTS, INCLUDING OUT-OF-STATE OCCURRENCES ................................................. 28,458
DEATHS TO ARKANSAS RESIDENTS OCCURRING IN OTHER STATES ........................................................... 1,703
DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARKANSAS, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS ............................................................ 27,914
DEATHS TO NON-RESIDENTS OCCURRING IN ARKANSAS .................................................................... 1,159
DEATHS, BY RACE AND SEX
--------- WHITE -------- -------- BLACK ------- ------- OTHER -------
TOTAL RATE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE
28,458 10.5 24,359 12,151 12,207 3,957 1,911 2,046 131 73 58
DEATHS, BY AGE AND RACE
TOTAL <1 1-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85+
ALL RACES 28,458 312 59 96 452 524 1,053 1,960 3,270 5,165 7,909 7,655
WHITE 24,359 206 39 69 334 386 788 1,512 2,747 4,488 7,031 6,756
BLACK 3,957 102 17 25 111 132 258 428 502 646 857 879
OTHER 131 4 3 2 6 5 7 16 20 31 20 17
DEATHS, OCCURRING IN ARKANSAS BY PLACE OF DEATH
NURSING
TOTAL HOSPITAL HOME RESIDENCE OTHER
27,914 14,966 4,531 7,099 1,317
INFANT MORTALITY, BY RACE
TOTAL RATE WHITE RATE BLACK RATE
TOTAL 312 8.3 206 7.2 102 13.8
NEONATAL (<28 DAYS) 192 5.1 129 4.5 60 8.1
POSTNEONATAL (28 DAYS TO <1 YEAR) 120 3.2 77 2.7 42 5.7
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M A R R I A G E S A N D D I V O R C E S
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MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES OCCURRING IN ARKANSAS
NUMBER RATES
MARRIAGES/OCCURRENCE 38,819 14.3
MARRIAGES/RESIDENCE 25,591 9.4
DIVORCES/ANNULMENTS 16,758 6.2
NOTE: 'MARRIAGES/RESIDENCE' IS DETERMINED BY THE GROOM'S RESIDENT STATE
SOURCE: Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health, DHHS