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LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (<2500 GRAMS/5.5 POUNDS) LIVE BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
ARKANSAS 1999
ALL RACES WHITE BLACK
TOTAL PERCENT TOTAL PERCENT TOTAL PERCENT
STATE TOTAL 3,151 8.6 2,076 7.4 989 12.9
NORTHWEST PHR 812 7.3 733 7.1 27 10.1
SOUTHWEST PHR 411 9.3 248 8.0 158 12.5
CENTRAL PHR 858 8.8 499 7.1 337 13.3
NORTHEAST PHR 620 8.9 435 7.7 180 13.8
SOUTHEAST PHR 450 10.1 161 7.6 287 12.5
ARKANSAS 25 9.0 18 9.2 7 8.4
ASHLEY 34 10.4 20 9.2 14 13.2
BAXTER 26 8.2 26 8.3 0 -
BENTON 168 7.8 149 7.4 0 -
BOONE 28 7.1 28 7.1 0 -
BRADLEY 15 9.5 8 7.9 7 12.5
CALHOUN 4 7.4 2 5.3 2 12.5
CARROLL 26 7.4 24 7.5 0 -
CHICOT 18 9.0 5 6.0 13 11.1
CLARK 17 6.3 13 6.1 4 7.0
CLAY 20 10.1 19 9.6 1 -
CLEBURNE 14 6.4 14 6.4 0 -
CLEVELAND 7 7.1 7 8.0 0 -
COLUMBIA 35 11.1 20 11.0 15 11.2
CONWAY 21 8.1 19 8.5 2 6.3
CRAIGHEAD 80 7.2 68 7.0 12 10.0
CRAWFORD 49 6.5 47 6.6 0 -
CRITTENDEN 99 11.5 27 7.8 71 13.9
CROSS 28 10.3 14 7.7 14 15.9
DALLAS 17 15.0 5 10.0 12 19.4
DESHA 33 13.2 12 9.9 21 16.5
DREW 31 12.1 11 6.4 20 23.8
FAULKNER 94 8.0 82 7.8 11 9.1
FRANKLIN 12 6.0 12 6.0 0 -
FULTON 8 6.3 8 6.3 0 -
GARLAND 100 9.4 79 8.5 18 16.2
GRANT 13 6.8 11 6.1 2 28.6
GREENE 33 7.1 33 7.1 0 -
HEMPSTEAD 42 12.4 20 10.5 21 14.5
HOT SPRING 33 8.7 25 7.6 6 13.3
HOWARD 21 10.0 14 9.2 6 11.1
INDEPENDENCE 42 10.1 40 10.0 0 -
IZARD 8 6.0 8 6.0 0 -
JACKSON 13 5.9 9 5.4 4 7.5
JEFFERSON 143 10.8 35 7.1 107 13.2
JOHNSON 25 8.2 25 8.4 0 -
LAFAYETTE 7 7.5 1 - 6 12.5
LAWRENCE 14 6.2 14 6.3 0 -
LEE 18 11.4 3 6.5 15 13.5
LINCOLN 12 8.2 6 6.7 6 10.3
LITTLE RIVER 27 16.9 16 14.2 10 22.2
LOGAN 18 5.9 18 6.0 0 -
LONOKE 60 8.5 50 7.8 8 14.5
MADISON 16 8.3 15 7.9 0 -
MARION 13 8.8 13 8.8 0 -
MILLER 58 9.7 38 8.9 20 12.1
MISSISSIPPI 91 9.8 36 6.8 55 13.8
MONROE 11 8.4 4 5.9 7 11.1
MONTGOMERY 3 3.3 3 3.3 0 -
NEVADA 11 7.7 6 7.1 5 8.8
NEWTON 5 6.1 4 4.9 0 -
OUACHITA 37 9.8 21 10.1 16 9.6
PERRY 6 4.4 6 4.4 0 -
PHILLIPS 46 8.5 11 6.9 34 9.0
PIKE 12 8.1 12 8.4 0 -
POINSETT 38 10.6 33 10.3 4 12.1
POLK 15 5.3 15 5.4 0 -
POPE 58 7.7 58 8.0 0 -
PRAIRIE 8 7.3 5 5.8 3 13.0
PULASKI 522 9.5 212 6.7 296 13.4
RANDOLPH 17 8.5 17 8.5 0 -
ST FRANCIS 49 10.4 16 8.3 33 12.0
SALINE 63 6.9 59 6.7 2 10.0
SCOTT 17 9.9 17 10.2 0 -
SEARCY 6 7.1 6 7.2 0 -
SEBASTIAN 133 7.7 109 7.5 15 11.6
SEVIER 15 6.0 15 6.4 0 -
SHARP 13 9.4 13 9.6 0 -
STONE 7 5.4 7 5.4 0 -
UNION 57 9.7 22 6.7 35 13.6
VAN BUREN 10 6.4 10 6.5 0 -
WASHINGTON 166 6.6 139 6.2 10 16.1
WHITE 80 9.1 69 8.5 10 20.0
WOODRUFF 15 15.5 6 9.8 9 25.0
YELL 15 5.1 14 5.2 0 -
NOTE: PERCENT OF LIVE BIRTHS. PERCENTS FOR WHITE AND BLACK ARE RACE-SPECIFIC.
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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