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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH CHARACTERISTICS BY AGE OF MOTHER
ARKANSAS 1997
<15 15-17 18-19 20-24
No. Pct No. Pct No. Pct No. Pct
P. Live Birth Order by Race
White
Total 59 100.0 1,455 100.0 3,033 100.0 8,852 100.0
First 58 98.3 1,301 89.4 2,224 73.3 4,085 46.1
Second 1 1.7 143 9.8 677 22.3 3,179 35.9
Third 0 0.0 9 0.6 114 3.8 1,222 13.8
Fourth 0 0.0 1 0.1 11 0.4 286 3.2
Fifth + 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1 71 0.8
Unknown 0 0.0 1 0.1 5 0.2 9 0.1
Black
Total 125 100.0 939 100.0 1,297 100.0 2,838 100.0
First 122 97.6 769 81.9 783 60.4 859 30.3
Second 3 2.4 152 16.2 366 28.2 1,000 35.2
Third 0 0.0 15 1.6 124 9.6 582 20.5
Fourth 0 0.0 2 0.2 15 1.2 265 9.3
Fifth + 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 0.6 125 4.4
Unknown 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.1 7 0.2
Other
Total 1 100.0 37 100.0 57 100.0 219 100.0
First 1 100.0 33 89.2 43 75.4 112 51.1
Second 0 0.0 3 8.1 11 19.3 71 32.4
Third 0 0.0 1 2.7 3 5.3 28 12.8
Fourth 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 3.2
Fifth + 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.5
Unknown 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
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