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FETAL DEATHS (>=20 WEEKS AND/OR >=350 GRAMS) BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
ARKANSAS 1995
TOTAL RATE WHITE RATE BLACK RATE
STATE TOTAL 259 7.3 172 6.4 81 10.4
ARKANSAS 2 7.5 0 - 2 25.0
ASHLEY 2 6.3 0 - 2 17.2
BAXTER 3 9.6 3 9.8 0 -
BENTON 9 4.9 9 5.2 0 -
BOONE 3 7.3 3 7.3 0 -
BRADLEY 1 7.6 1 12.2 0 -
CALHOUN 2 32.8 2 52.6 0 -
CARROLL 5 16.3 5 16.4 0 -
CHICOT 5 22.8 1 13.3 4 27.8
CLARK 3 10.8 1 5.4 2 22.0
CLAY 2 10.0 2 10.0 0 -
CLEBURNE 2 10.1 2 10.1 0 -
CLEVELAND 0 - 0 - 0 -
COLUMBIA 3 9.0 0 - 3 19.0
CONWAY 4 16.5 2 10.3 2 43.5
CRAIGHEAD 3 2.8 3 3.1 0 -
CRAWFORD 6 8.3 6 8.7 0 -
CRITTENDEN 7 8.0 1 2.7 6 12.1
CROSS 2 7.1 1 5.8 1 9.3
DALLAS 1 8.7 1 15.9 0 -
DESHA 4 15.9 0 - 4 29.6
DREW 1 3.9 1 5.4 0 -
FAULKNER 7 6.7 4 4.3 3 27.8
FRANKLIN 0 - 0 - 0 -
FULTON 1 8.3 1 8.3 0 -
GARLAND 6 6.3 5 5.9 1 9.5
GRANT 5 26.9 5 28.4 0 -
GREENE 2 4.4 2 4.4 0 -
HEMPSTEAD 2 6.1 0 - 2 15.5
HOT SPRING 8 20.8 5 15.4 3 52.6
HOWARD 0 - 0 - 0 -
INDEPENDENCE 4 10.1 4 10.3 0 -
IZARD 0 - 0 - 0 -
JACKSON 2 9.8 2 13.3 0 -
JEFFERSON 7 5.5 4 7.9 3 4.0
JOHNSON 5 19.5 5 19.5 0 -
LAFAYETTE 0 - 0 - 0 -
LAWRENCE 1 4.4 1 4.4 0 -
LEE 2 13.0 0 - 2 19.4
LINCOLN 1 6.8 1 11.4 0 -
LITTLE RIVER 0 - 0 - 0 -
LOGAN 4 14.6 4 14.9 0 -
LONOKE 4 6.1 4 6.6 0 -
MADISON 2 13.3 2 13.8 0 -
MARION 0 - 0 - 0 -
MILLER 2 3.3 1 2.4 1 5.7
MISSISSIPPI 9 10.2 6 12.5 3 7.6
MONROE 2 11.0 1 11.6 1 10.4
MONTGOMERY 0 - 0 - 0 -
NEVADA 2 16.7 1 13.9 1 20.8
NEWTON 0 - 0 - 0 -
OUACHITA 0 - 0 - 0 -
PERRY 2 14.4 2 14.4 0 -
PHILLIPS 1 1.9 0 - 1 2.6
PIKE 1 6.4 1 6.6 0 -
POINSETT 2 5.6 1 3.1 1 32.3
POLK 0 - 0 - 0 -
POPE 1 1.4 1 1.5 0 -
PRAIRIE 0 - 0 - 0 -
PULASKI 47 8.3 18 5.4 26 11.7
RANDOLPH 2 9.8 2 9.9 0 -
ST FRANCIS 0 - 0 - 0 -
SALINE 13 14.9 12 14.1 1 55.6
SCOTT 0 - 0 - 0 -
SEARCY 0 - 0 - 0 -
SEBASTIAN 15 8.7 12 8.1 1 7.1
SEVIER 1 4.4 1 5.0 0 -
SHARP 1 5.7 1 5.7 0 -
STONE 1 8.3 1 8.3 0 -
UNION 5 8.1 2 5.4 3 12.2
VAN BUREN 1 6.5 1 6.6 0 -
WASHINGTON 13 6.1 12 6.0 0 -
WHITE 3 3.6 3 3.8 0 -
WOODRUFF 2 17.4 0 - 2 35.1
YELL 0 - 0 - 0 -
NOTE: TOTAL INCLUDES 6 OTHER/UNKNOWN RACE
RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS + FETAL DEATHS. RATES FOR WHITE AND BLACK ARE RACE-SPECIFIC.
FETAL DEATH WAS REDEFINED IN JULY, 1995, FROM 500 GRAMS OR MORE TO 350 GRAMS OR MORE.
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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