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INFANT (<1 YEAR) MORTALITY BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE
ARKANSAS 1998
TOTAL RATE WHITE RATE BLACK RATE
STATE TOTAL 339 9.2 213 7.6 121 15.2
ARKANSAS 1 3.6 0 - 1 11.1
ASHLEY 2 6.1 1 4.5 1 9.3
BAXTER 1 3.2 1 3.2 0 -
BENTON 23 11.0 22 11.3 0 -
BOONE 2 4.5 2 4.6 0 -
BRADLEY 1 6.7 1 11.5 0 -
CALHOUN 2 35.1 2 50.0 0 -
CARROLL 4 11.6 4 12.2 0 -
CHICOT 1 4.5 0 - 1 6.5
CLARK 2 6.6 1 4.5 1 12.2
CLAY 2 9.1 2 9.1 0 -
CLEBURNE 1 4.5 1 4.6 0 -
CLEVELAND 0 - 0 - 0 -
COLUMBIA 2 5.7 0 - 2 11.6
CONWAY 2 8.1 1 4.8 1 29.4
CRAIGHEAD 9 8.1 8 8.3 1 7.4
CRAWFORD 4 5.2 3 4.1 0 -
CRITTENDEN 8 8.9 1 2.9 7 12.8
CROSS 1 3.5 0 - 1 10.5
DALLAS 2 16.9 0 - 2 31.7
DESHA 2 8.4 0 - 2 15.2
DREW 3 11.6 1 5.7 2 24.7
FAULKNER 4 3.4 4 3.9 0 -
FRANKLIN 2 8.1 2 8.2 0 -
FULTON 0 - 0 - 0 -
GARLAND 8 8.0 6 7.0 2 16.1
GRANT 2 10.1 2 10.4 0 -
GREENE 5 11.0 5 11.1 0 -
HEMPSTEAD 4 11.9 3 14.7 1 7.8
HOT SPRING 1 2.8 0 - 1 22.2
HOWARD 1 5.4 1 7.4 0 -
INDEPENDENCE 1 2.2 1 2.3 0 -
IZARD 5 40.3 5 40.7 0 -
JACKSON 5 21.7 3 17.6 2 34.5
JEFFERSON 16 12.8 3 6.5 13 16.8
JOHNSON 0 - 0 - 0 -
LAFAYETTE 0 - 0 - 0 -
LAWRENCE 2 8.9 2 8.9 0 -
LEE 2 11.5 1 16.7 1 8.8
LINCOLN 2 11.6 2 17.7 0 -
LITTLE RIVER 1 5.6 1 8.1 0 -
LOGAN 1 3.0 1 3.0 0 -
LONOKE 7 10.3 6 9.7 1 17.9
MADISON 0 - 0 - 0 -
MARION 0 - 0 - 0 -
MILLER 6 10.1 5 12.0 1 5.8
MISSISSIPPI 9 9.8 3 5.9 6 15.0
MONROE 3 18.9 0 - 3 34.1
MONTGOMERY 1 9.5 1 9.5 0 -
NEVADA 1 8.2 0 - 1 20.8
NEWTON 1 9.4 1 9.4 0 -
OUACHITA 10 26.3 3 15.7 6 32.1
PERRY 0 - 0 - 0 -
PHILLIPS 7 14.1 1 7.5 6 16.6
PIKE 1 7.1 1 7.5 0 -
POINSETT 5 14.0 3 9.8 2 38.5
POLK 2 6.7 2 6.8 0 -
POPE 6 8.3 6 8.7 0 -
PRAIRIE 3 29.4 3 35.7 0 -
PULASKI 68 12.2 25 7.9 42 18.4
RANDOLPH 3 14.2 3 14.4 0 -
ST FRANCIS 3 6.2 1 5.4 2 6.7
SALINE 4 4.1 3 3.2 1 37.0
SCOTT 1 7.5 1 7.6 0 -
SEARCY 2 22.5 2 22.7 0 -
SEBASTIAN 10 5.8 6 4.1 4 30.1
SEVIER 3 10.9 3 11.6 0 -
SHARP 0 - 0 - 0 -
STONE 2 15.0 2 15.3 0 -
UNION 4 6.2 1 2.6 3 11.5
VAN BUREN 1 6.9 1 7.0 0 -
WASHINGTON 22 9.2 21 9.6 0 -
WHITE 14 15.7 13 15.6 1 18.2
WOODRUFF 0 - 0 - 0 -
YELL 3 10.1 3 11.0 0 -
NOTE: RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS. RATES FOR WHITE AND BLACK ARE RACE-SPECIFIC.
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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