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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     CALHOUN COUNTY              1997    1998    1999    2000    2001   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births                  62      57      54      48      58      56      40      16 
General Fertility Rate           51.5*   47.5*   45.2*   40.6*   50.1*   47.1*   46.5*   48.8*
Rank Among 75 Counties             73      75      75      75      71      75                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19           14      11       6      14      13      12       8       3 
Teen Fertility Rate              67.6    53.1    29.4    70.7*+  66.3    59.4    54.8*   53.6 
Rank Among 75 Counties             45      62      75      37      31      56                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women          31      17      21      15      23      21       9      12 
% Births To Unmarried Women      50.0*   29.8+   38.9    31.3    39.7    37.5    22.5      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             10      40      26      42      26      25                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          11       6       5       7       9       8       4       3 
% Births To Unmarried Teens      17.7    10.5     9.3    14.6    15.5    14.3    10.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             14      45      55      22      16      22                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education       12      11       5       7      10       9       6       2 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   19.4    19.3     9.3*   14.6    17.2    16.1*   15.0      - *
Rank Among 75 Counties             56      58      75      69      58      70                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births             6      13       4       6       6       7       4       3 
% Low Birth Weight Births         9.7    22.8*    7.4+   12.5    10.3    12.5*   10.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             21       1      49       9      22       2                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care            13      12      11      14      19      14       8       6 
% No First Trimester Care        21.3    22.2    20.4    30.4    32.8*   25.5    20.5      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             51      42      44       8       5      22                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 1       2       0       2       3       2       1       1 
Infant Mortality Rate            16.1    35.1     0.0    41.7+   51.7*   35.7*   25.0      - *
Rank Among 75 Counties              9       2      75       1       1       1                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               1       2       0       2       2       1       1       1 
Neonatal Mortality Rate          16.1    35.1     0.0    41.7+   34.5    17.9*   25.0      - *
Rank Among 75 Counties              2       1      75       1       1       1                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           0       0       0       0       1       0       0       0 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0    17.2     0.0     0.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      75      75      75       1      75                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  0       0       0       0       1       0       0       0 
Fetal Death Rate                  0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0    16.9     0.0     0.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      75      75      75       8      75                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths              1       2       0       2       3       2       1       1 
Perinatal Death Rate             16.1    35.1     0.0    41.7+   50.8    35.7*   25.0      - *
Rank Among 75 Counties             23       4      75       1       1       1                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions             4       8       3       7       8       6       2       2 
Induced Abortion Ratio            6.5*   14.0     5.6*   14.6    13.8    10.7*    5.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             61      16      60       6      14      25                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44        1,204   1,199   1,196   1,183   1,157   1,188     860     328 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19          207     207     204     198     196     202     146      56 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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