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------ AVERAGE ------
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 TOTAL WHITE BLACK
Total Live Births 1,117 1,117 1,106 1,265 1,145 1,150 1,000 137
General Fertility Rate 59.3* 58.7* 57.9* 65.4+ 59.5*+ 60.2* 59.1* 62.4*
Rank Among 75 Counties 56 61 56 32 57 56
Live Births: Women 15-19 162 159 162 177 166 165 136 28
Teen Fertility Rate 49.0* 47.4* 48.2* 52.6* 55.0 50.3* 48.4* 59.7*
Rank Among 75 Counties 70 71 66 61 56 69
Births To Unmarried Women 295 315 323 362 397 338 241 95
% Births To Unmarried Women 26.4* 28.2* 29.2* 28.6* 34.7+ 29.4* 24.1 69.3*
Rank Among 75 Counties 48 48 44 48 33 42
Births To Unmarried Teens 87 103 107 116 122 107 80 26
% Births To Unmarried Teens 7.8* 9.2* 9.7* 9.2* 10.7 9.3* 8.0 19.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties 64 58 53 57 39 59
Less Than 12 Years Education 186 199 174 216 207 196 164 31
% Less Than 12 Years Education 16.7* 17.8* 15.7* 17.1* 18.1* 17.0* 16.4* 22.6*
Rank Among 75 Counties 69 61 70 60 53 65
Low Birth Weight Births 83 76 80 95 93 85 67 18
% Low Birth Weight Births 7.4 6.8* 7.2 7.5 8.1 7.4* 6.7 13.1
Rank Among 75 Counties 45 66 51 49 45 56
No First Trimester Care 230 208 236 278 298 250 195 52
% No First Trimester Care 20.8* 18.8* 21.5 22.1 26.1*+ 21.9 19.6* 38.2*
Rank Among 75 Counties 55 52 37 36 23 39
Total Infant Deaths 11 9 5 12 16 11 9 1
Infant Mortality Rate 9.8 8.1 4.5 9.5 14.0 9.6 9.0 7.3
Rank Among 75 Counties 27 40 58 30 11 29
Total Neonatal Deaths 4 4 3 9 10 6 5 1
Neonatal Mortality Rate 3.6 3.6 2.7 7.1 8.7 5.2 5.0 7.3
Rank Among 75 Counties 45 49 50 21 12 35
Total Postneonatal Deaths 7 5 2 3 6 5 4 0
Postneonatal Mortality Rate 6.3 4.5 1.8 2.4 5.2 4.3 4.0 0.0
Rank Among 75 Counties 19 16 42 50 23 25
Total Fetal Deaths 11 4 5 8 12 8 6 2
Fetal Death Rate 9.8 3.6 4.5 6.3 10.4 6.9 6.0 14.4
Rank Among 75 Counties 18 47 52 35 22 40
Total Perinatal Deaths 15 8 8 17 22 14 11 3
Perinatal Death Rate 13.3 7.1 7.2 13.4 19.0 12.1 10.9 21.6
Rank Among 75 Counties 31 56 59 23 13 33
Total Induced Abortions 89 76 102 81 103 90 57 14
Induced Abortion Ratio 8.0* 6.8* 9.2* 6.4*+ 9.0*+ 7.8* 5.7* 10.2*
Rank Among 75 Counties 51 53 32 52 39 48
Female Population, 15-44 18,837 19,019 19,105 19,339 19,230 19,106 16,912 2,194
Female Population, 15-19 3,304 3,351 3,364 3,365 3,016 3,280 2,811 469
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.
+Significantly different from the previous year.
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