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LIVE BIRTHS, FETAL, NEONATAL, PERINATAL, POSTNEONATAL AND INFANT DEATHS
BY SELECTED BIRTH CHARACTERISTICS
ARKANSAS 2001
Live Fetal Neonatal Perinatal Postneonatal Infant
Births Deaths Deaths Deaths Deaths Deaths
No. No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
Total 36,982 291 7.8 171 4.6 462 12.4 136 3.7 307 8.3
A. Race of Mother
White 28,400 175 6.1 103 3.6 278 9.7 90 3.2 193 6.8
Black 7,414 111 14.8 64 8.6 175 23.3 43 5.8 107 14.4
Other 1,148 4 3.5 4 3.5 8 6.9 3 2.6 7 6.1
UNKNOWN 20 1 47.6 0 0.0 1 47.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
B. Age of Mother
<15 YEARS 109 2 18.0 1 9.2 3 27.0 1 9.2 2 18.3
15-17 YEARS 1,804 19 10.4 15 8.3 34 18.7 11 6.1 26 14.4
18-19 YEARS 4,139 33 7.9 16 3.9 49 11.7 23 5.6 39 9.4
20-24 YEARS 12,866 92 7.1 56 4.4 148 11.4 57 4.4 113 8.8
25-29 YEARS 9,521 80 8.3 36 3.8 116 12.1 18 1.9 54 5.7
30-34 YEARS 5,866 39 6.6 27 4.6 66 11.2 15 2.6 42 7.2
35-39 YEARS 2,232 16 7.1 15 6.7 31 13.8 3 1.3 18 8.1
40-59 YEARS 443 8 17.7 3 6.8 11 24.4 1 2.3 4 9.0
UNKNOWN 2 2 . 2 . 4 . 7 . 9 .
C. Education of Mother
0-8 YEARS 1,629 4 2.4 9 5.5 13 8.0 9 5.5 18 11.0
9-11 YEARS 6,502 55 8.4 31 4.8 86 13.1 41 6.3 72 11.1
12 YEARS 14,934 139 9.2 82 5.5 221 14.7 54 3.6 136 9.1
13-15 YEARS 7,490 42 5.6 23 3.1 65 8.6 16 2.1 39 5.2
16+ YEARS 6,165 32 5.2 22 3.6 54 8.7 8 1.3 30 4.9
UNKNOWN 262 19 67.6 4 15.3 23 81.9 8 30.5 12 45.8
D. Marital Status of Mother
Married 23,463 161 6.8 93 4.0 254 10.8 55 2.3 148 6.3
Unmarried 13,375 130 9.6 75 5.6 205 15.2 72 5.4 147 11.0
Unknown 144 0 0.0 1 6.9 1 6.9 2 13.9 3 20.8
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