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FETAL DEATHS (>=20 WEEKS AND/OR >=350 GRAMS) BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
ARKANSAS 1998
TOTAL RATE WHITE RATE BLACK RATE
STATE TOTAL 232 6.3 140 5.0 90 11.2
ARKANSAS 1 3.6 0 - 1 11.0
ASHLEY 3 9.0 2 9.0 1 9.3
BAXTER 3 9.4 3 9.5 0 -
BENTON 7 3.3 6 3.1 1 83.3
BOONE 3 6.7 3 6.8 0 -
BRADLEY 1 6.7 0 - 1 16.1
CALHOUN 0 - 0 - 0 -
CARROLL 5 14.3 5 15.0 0 -
CHICOT 3 13.5 0 - 3 19.0
CLARK 1 3.3 1 4.5 0 -
CLAY 0 - 0 - 0 -
CLEBURNE 2 9.0 2 9.1 0 -
CLEVELAND 0 - 0 - 0 -
COLUMBIA 4 11.4 2 11.6 2 11.4
CONWAY 2 8.1 1 4.8 1 28.6
CRAIGHEAD 4 3.6 3 3.1 1 7.3
CRAWFORD 7 9.0 7 9.5 0 -
CRITTENDEN 5 5.5 1 2.9 4 7.3
CROSS 1 3.5 1 5.4 0 -
DALLAS 0 - 0 - 0 -
DESHA 4 16.5 0 - 4 29.4
DREW 4 15.3 1 5.7 3 35.7
FAULKNER 9 7.7 8 7.7 1 8.5
FRANKLIN 1 4.0 1 4.1 0 -
FULTON 1 8.6 1 8.7 0 -
GARLAND 8 8.0 6 6.9 1 8.0
GRANT 1 5.0 1 5.2 0 -
GREENE 3 6.6 3 6.6 0 -
HEMPSTEAD 1 3.0 0 - 1 7.8
HOT SPRING 2 5.5 2 6.3 0 -
HOWARD 0 - 0 - 0 -
INDEPENDENCE 1 2.2 1 2.3 0 -
IZARD 0 - 0 - 0 -
JACKSON 1 4.3 0 - 1 16.9
JEFFERSON 15 11.9 2 4.3 12 15.3
JOHNSON 2 6.5 2 6.6 0 -
LAFAYETTE 0 - 0 - 0 -
LAWRENCE 1 4.4 1 4.4 0 -
LEE 0 - 0 - 0 -
LINCOLN 2 11.5 0 - 2 32.8
LITTLE RIVER 0 - 0 - 0 -
LOGAN 1 3.0 1 3.0 0 -
LONOKE 5 7.3 2 3.2 3 50.8
MADISON 0 - 0 - 0 -
MARION 1 7.4 1 7.4 0 -
MILLER 0 - 0 - 0 -
MISSISSIPPI 8 8.7 2 3.9 6 14.8
MONROE 1 6.3 0 - 1 11.2
MONTGOMERY 4 36.7 4 36.7 0 -
NEVADA 3 24.0 0 - 3 58.8
NEWTON 3 27.5 3 27.5 0 -
OUACHITA 3 7.8 1 5.2 2 10.6
PERRY 1 7.8 1 8.0 0 -
PHILLIPS 3 6.0 0 - 3 8.2
PIKE 0 - 0 - 0 -
POINSETT 3 8.3 3 9.7 0 -
POLK 1 3.3 1 3.4 0 -
POPE 6 8.2 5 7.2 1 50.0
PRAIRIE 2 19.2 0 - 2 100.0
PULASKI 37 6.6 17 5.3 20 8.7
RANDOLPH 0 - 0 - 0 -
ST FRANCIS 2 4.1 0 - 2 6.7
SALINE 5 5.1 5 5.3 0 -
SCOTT 0 - 0 - 0 -
SEARCY 0 - 0 - 0 -
SEBASTIAN 16 9.2 12 8.2 4 29.2
SEVIER 0 - 0 - 0 -
SHARP 1 6.0 1 6.0 0 -
STONE 0 - 0 - 0 -
UNION 5 7.7 2 5.2 3 11.3
VAN BUREN 2 13.7 2 13.9 0 -
WASHINGTON 3 1.3 3 1.4 0 -
WHITE 3 3.3 3 3.6 0 -
WOODRUFF 0 - 0 - 0 -
YELL 5 16.5 5 18.0 0 -
NOTE: RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS PLUS FETAL DEATHS
FETAL DEATH WAS REDEFINED IN JULY, 1995, FROM 500 GRAMS OR MORE TO 350 GRAMS OR MORE.
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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