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ARKANSAS VITAL STATISTICS - LIVE BIRTH SUMMARY
1940 to Present
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CRUDE
TOTAL BIRTH
YEAR BIRTHS RATE
1940 38,712 19.9
1941 40,416 20.7
1942 42,494 21.8
1943 42,589 24.5
1944 41,560 23.9
1945 39,730 22.9
1946 45,457 26.2
1947 49,152 28.3
1948 48,254 27.8
1949 47,790 27.5
1950 45,699 23.4
1951 45,703 23.3
1952 44,555 23.3
1953 43,528 22.8
1954 43,747 22.9
1955 42,048 22.0
1956 42,898 22.5
1957 42,474 22.2
1958 41,722 21.8
1959 41,179 21.6
1960 41,006 23.0
1961 41,559 23.2
1962 42,316 23.7
1963 41,846 23.4
1964 41,650 23.3
1965 37,568 21.0
1966 34,460 19.3
1967 33,285 18.6
1968 32,575 18.2
1969 33,921 19.0
1970 35,457 18.4
1971 35,828 18.3
1972 35,715 17.9
1973 33,476 16.5
1974 34,476 16.7
1975 34,279 16.3
1976 34,162 16.0
1977 36,029 16.6
1978 34,793 15.7
1979 36,300 16.1
1980 37,278 16.3
1981 35,851 15.6
1982 35,295 15.3
1983 34,904 15.1
1984 34,789 15.0
1985 35,296 15.2
1986 34,445 14.8
1987 34,598 14.8
1988 35,032 15.0
1989 35,893 15.3
1990 36,440 15.5
1991 35,456 15.0
1992 34,803 14.7
1993 34,332 14.4
1994 34,744 14.5
1995 35,154 14.6
RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION
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