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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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