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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     BAXTER COUNTY               1997    1998    1999    2000    2001   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births                 309     317     316     352     328     324     321       0 
General Fertility Rate           52.0*   53.6*   53.2*   59.3*   55.0*   54.6*   54.7*    0.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties             72      73      69      58      66      72                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19           61      51      54      60      63      58      57       0 
Teen Fertility Rate              57.9    47.7    50.1    55.8    59.2    54.3    54.0*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             61      70      64      57      47      66                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women          77      71      89     106     100      89      88       0 
% Births To Unmarried Women      24.9*   22.4*   28.2*   30.1*   30.5*   27.5*   27.4*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             52      68      48      45      44      49                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          34      26      33      33      38      33      33       0 
% Births To Unmarried Teens      11.0     8.2*   10.4     9.4    11.6    10.2*   10.3*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             37      67      47      52      33      49                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education       54      48      56      63      51      54      53       0 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   17.5*   15.1*   17.7*   17.9*   15.5*   16.7*   16.5*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             66      70      61      58      66      66                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births            22      22      26      22      21      23      23       0 
% Low Birth Weight Births         7.1     6.9     8.2     6.3     6.4     7.1*    7.2      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             53      64      37      66      64      63                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care           101      76      90      72      99      88      87       0 
% No First Trimester Care        32.7*   24.1+   28.5*   21.2+   30.6*+  27.4*   27.4*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             10      33      12      41       8      14                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 0       1       0       2       3       1       1       0 
Infant Mortality Rate             0.0*    3.2     0.0*    5.7     9.1     3.1*    3.1      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      63      75      55      23      70                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               0       0       0       2       2       1       1       0 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           0.0*    0.0*    0.0*    5.7     6.1     3.1     3.1      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      75      75      29      21      60                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           0       1       0       0       1       0       0       0 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       0.0     3.2     0.0     0.0*    3.0     0.0     0.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      31      75      75      39      75                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  6       3       0       2       4       3       3       0 
Fetal Death Rate                 19.0     9.4     0.0*+   5.6    12.0     9.2     9.3      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties              2      14      75      40      18      20                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths              6       3       0       4       6       4       4       0 
Perinatal Death Rate             19.0     9.4     0.0*+  11.3+   18.1    12.2    12.3      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             16      44      75      33      14      32                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions            41      33      22      21      31      30      24       1 
Induced Abortion Ratio           13.3    10.4*    7.0*    6.0*    9.5*    9.3*    7.5*     - *
Rank Among 75 Counties             21      33      47      56      34      37                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44        5,945   5,917   5,936   5,936   5,962   5,939   5,865      74 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19        1,053   1,069   1,078   1,076   1,064   1,068   1,056      12 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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