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NEONATAL (<28 DAYS) MORTALITY BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE
ARKANSAS 1998
TOTAL RATE WHITE RATE BLACK RATE
STATE TOTAL 211 5.7 134 4.8 76 9.5
ARKANSAS 1 3.6 0 - 1 11.1
ASHLEY 1 3.0 1 4.5 0 -
BAXTER 0 - 0 - 0 -
BENTON 8 3.8 8 4.1 0 -
BOONE 2 4.5 2 4.6 0 -
BRADLEY 0 - 0 - 0 -
CALHOUN 2 35.1 2 50.0 0 -
CARROLL 3 8.7 3 9.1 0 -
CHICOT 1 4.5 0 - 1 6.5
CLARK 1 3.3 1 4.5 0 -
CLAY 1 4.5 1 4.5 0 -
CLEBURNE 1 4.5 1 4.6 0 -
CLEVELAND 0 - 0 - 0 -
COLUMBIA 1 2.9 0 - 1 5.8
CONWAY 1 4.1 0 - 1 29.4
CRAIGHEAD 4 3.6 3 3.1 1 7.4
CRAWFORD 2 2.6 2 2.8 0 -
CRITTENDEN 6 6.7 1 2.9 5 9.2
CROSS 1 3.5 0 - 1 10.5
DALLAS 2 16.9 0 - 2 31.7
DESHA 1 4.2 0 - 1 7.6
DREW 3 11.6 1 5.7 2 24.7
FAULKNER 2 1.7 2 1.9 0 -
FRANKLIN 1 4.1 1 4.1 0 -
FULTON 0 - 0 - 0 -
GARLAND 7 7.0 5 5.8 2 16.1
GRANT 1 5.1 1 5.2 0 -
GREENE 3 6.6 3 6.6 0 -
HEMPSTEAD 3 8.9 3 14.7 0 -
HOT SPRING 0 - 0 - 0 -
HOWARD 1 5.4 1 7.4 0 -
INDEPENDENCE 1 2.2 1 2.3 0 -
IZARD 3 24.2 3 24.4 0 -
JACKSON 3 13.0 2 11.8 1 17.2
JEFFERSON 6 4.8 2 4.3 4 5.2
JOHNSON 0 - 0 - 0 -
LAFAYETTE 0 - 0 - 0 -
LAWRENCE 1 4.4 1 4.5 0 -
LEE 2 11.5 1 16.7 1 8.8
LINCOLN 1 5.8 1 8.8 0 -
LITTLE RIVER 0 - 0 - 0 -
LOGAN 1 3.0 1 3.0 0 -
LONOKE 4 5.9 4 6.5 0 -
MADISON 0 - 0 - 0 -
MARION 0 - 0 - 0 -
MILLER 4 6.7 4 9.6 0 -
MISSISSIPPI 6 6.6 2 3.9 4 10.0
MONROE 2 12.6 0 - 2 22.7
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 8 21.1 3 15.7 5 26.7
PERRY 0 - 0 - 0 -
PHILLIPS 4 8.1 1 7.5 3 8.3
PIKE 1 7.1 1 7.5 0 -
POINSETT 5 14.0 3 9.8 2 38.5
POLK 0 - 0 - 0 -
POPE 3 4.1 3 4.4 0 -
PRAIRIE 3 29.4 3 35.7 0 -
PULASKI 42 7.5 16 5.0 26 11.4
RANDOLPH 3 14.2 3 14.4 0 -
ST FRANCIS 1 2.1 0 - 1 3.4
SALINE 3 3.0 2 2.1 1 37.0
SCOTT 1 7.5 1 7.6 0 -
SEARCY 2 22.5 2 22.7 0 -
SEBASTIAN 8 4.7 4 2.8 4 30.1
SEVIER 2 7.3 2 7.7 0 -
SHARP 0 - 0 - 0 -
STONE 2 15.0 2 15.3 0 -
UNION 2 3.1 0 - 2 7.6
VAN BUREN 1 6.9 1 7.0 0 -
WASHINGTON 12 5.0 11 5.0 0 -
WHITE 10 11.2 9 10.8 1 18.2
WOODRUFF 0 - 0 - 0 -
YELL 1 3.4 1 3.7 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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