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LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (<2500 GRAMS/5.5 POUNDS) LIVE BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
ARKANSAS 1995
ALL RACES WHITE BLACK
TOTAL PERCENT TOTAL PERCENT TOTAL PERCENT
STATE TOTAL 2,876 8.2 1,828 6.8 1,004 13.1
ARKANSAS 29 11.0 15 8.2 14 17.9
ASHLEY 26 8.2 11 5.4 15 13.2
BAXTER 15 4.9 15 5.0 0 -
BENTON 106 5.8 99 5.7 0 -
BOONE 23 5.6 23 5.7 0 -
BRADLEY 12 9.2 7 8.6 5 10.2
CALHOUN 4 6.8 1 - 3 13.6
CARROLL 13 4.3 13 4.3 0 -
CHICOT 31 14.5 5 6.8 26 18.6
CLARK 16 5.8 9 4.9 7 7.9
CLAY 18 9.1 18 9.1 0 -
CLEBURNE 12 6.1 12 6.1 0 -
CLEVELAND 7 7.9 6 8.1 1 -
COLUMBIA 29 8.8 10 5.8 18 11.6
CONWAY 13 5.4 6 3.1 7 15.9
CRAIGHEAD 73 6.9 61 6.4 11 12.2
CRAWFORD 54 7.5 54 7.9 0 -
CRITTENDEN 95 11.0 20 5.4 74 15.1
CROSS 29 10.3 12 7.0 17 16.0
DALLAS 12 10.5 3 4.8 9 18.0
DESHA 29 11.7 6 5.1 23 17.6
DREW 21 8.3 11 6.0 10 14.3
FAULKNER 66 6.4 52 5.6 14 13.3
FRANKLIN 18 8.6 18 8.6 0 -
FULTON 3 2.5 3 2.5 0 -
GARLAND 77 8.1 65 7.8 12 11.5
GRANT 12 6.6 12 7.0 0 -
GREENE 29 6.4 29 6.4 0 -
HEMPSTEAD 28 8.6 12 6.1 16 12.6
HOT SPRING 33 8.8 26 8.2 6 11.1
HOWARD 12 5.6 7 4.6 5 8.6
INDEPENDENCE 25 6.3 24 6.3 1 -
IZARD 9 6.9 9 6.9 0 -
JACKSON 18 8.9 9 6.1 9 16.7
JEFFERSON 140 11.1 42 8.4 96 12.8
JOHNSON 14 5.6 14 5.6 0 -
LAFAYETTE 12 11.7 4 8.3 8 14.5
LAWRENCE 14 6.1 14 6.2 0 -
LEE 15 9.9 1 - 13 12.9
LINCOLN 8 5.5 3 3.4 5 8.8
LITTLE RIVER 14 8.5 7 6.4 7 14.0
LOGAN 21 7.8 21 7.9 0 -
LONOKE 46 7.1 40 6.7 5 11.1
MADISON 13 8.8 13 9.1 0 -
MARION 15 9.1 14 8.5 1 -
MILLER 55 9.2 31 7.3 24 13.9
MISSISSIPPI 119 13.7 45 9.5 74 18.8
MONROE 21 11.7 8 9.4 13 13.7
MONTGOMERY 6 7.2 6 7.4 0 -
NEVADA 17 14.4 6 8.5 11 23.4
NEWTON 7 7.3 7 7.3 0 -
OUACHITA 50 12.8 21 10.0 29 16.0
PERRY 10 7.3 10 7.3 0 -
PHILLIPS 54 10.1 13 9.1 41 10.5
PIKE 12 7.7 12 7.9 0 -
POINSETT 30 8.4 29 9.0 1 -
POLK 18 7.0 18 7.2 0 -
POPE 49 6.9 46 6.7 3 12.5
PRAIRIE 14 12.0 7 7.9 7 25.0
PULASKI 499 8.9 219 6.6 273 12.4
RANDOLPH 15 7.4 15 7.5 0 -
ST FRANCIS 45 8.9 9 5.2 36 11.0
SALINE 75 8.7 71 8.5 3 17.6
SCOTT 15 13.8 14 13.9 0 -
SEARCY 10 13.2 10 13.2 0 -
SEBASTIAN 140 8.2 110 7.5 21 15.1
SEVIER 14 6.2 13 6.5 1 -
SHARP 8 4.6 8 4.6 0 -
STONE 9 7.5 9 7.6 0 -
UNION 38 6.2 22 6.0 16 6.6
VAN BUREN 15 9.9 14 9.3 1 -
WASHINGTON 136 6.4 122 6.1 4 11.4
WHITE 53 6.3 49 6.2 3 8.3
WOODRUFF 6 5.3 2 3.4 4 7.3
YELL 27 9.5 26 9.7 1 -
NOTE: TOTAL INCLUDES 44 OTHER/UNKNOWN RACE
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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