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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     LEE COUNTY                  1997    1998    1999    2000    2001   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births                 155     174     158     156     156     160      53     106 
General Fertility Rate           65.0    74.5    70.0    70.9    71.9    70.5    64.3    73.4*
Rank Among 75 Counties             38      10      19      19      12      15                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19           45      59      48      41      47      48       9      39 
Teen Fertility Rate              81.4*  108.5*   92.8*   83.5*   97.9*   92.8*   67.7   101.6*
Rank Among 75 Counties             22       5       9      16       6       5                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women         104     109     101     102     100     103      15      88 
% Births To Unmarried Women      67.1*   62.6*   63.9*   65.4*   64.1*   64.4*   28.3    83.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties              2       2       2       2       2       2                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          40      53      42      36      44      43       4      39 
% Births To Unmarried Teens      25.8*   30.5*   26.6*   23.1*   28.2*   26.9*    7.5    36.8*
Rank Among 75 Counties              2       1       2       3       2       2                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education       57      58      54      51      56      55      11      44 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   36.8*   33.3*   34.2*   32.7*   35.9*   34.4*   20.8    41.5*
Rank Among 75 Counties              5       6       6       6       3       4                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births            13      20      18      14      17      16       4      12 
% Low Birth Weight Births         8.4    11.5    11.4     9.0    10.9    10.0     7.5    11.3 
Rank Among 75 Counties             30      12       8      34      19      18                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care            52      57      50      48      44      50      10      40 
% No First Trimester Care        34.0*   32.9*   32.7*   31.0*   28.4*   31.6*   19.2    38.1*
Rank Among 75 Counties              6       6       4       7      11       5                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 3       2       1       5       4       3       1       2 
Infant Mortality Rate            19.4    11.5     6.3    32.1*   25.6    18.8*   18.9    18.9 
Rank Among 75 Counties              5      20      46       2       2       2                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               2       2       1       4       2       2       1       1 
Neonatal Mortality Rate          12.9    11.5     6.3    25.6*   12.8    12.5*   18.9*    9.4 
Rank Among 75 Counties              6      13      29       2       3       2                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           1       0       0       1       2       1       0       1 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       6.5     0.0     0.0     6.4    12.8     6.3     0.0     9.4 
Rank Among 75 Counties             18      75      75      17       3       8                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  1       0       3       1       1       1       0       1 
Fetal Death Rate                  6.4     0.0    18.6+    6.4     6.4     6.2     0.0     9.3 
Rank Among 75 Counties             41      75       3      34      41      48                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths              3       2       4       5       3       3       1       2 
Perinatal Death Rate             19.2    11.5    24.8    31.8    19.1    18.6*   18.9    18.7 
Rank Among 75 Counties             15      38       5       3      12       8                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions            24      18      21      13      12      18       4      11 
Induced Abortion Ratio           15.5    10.3    13.3     8.3*    7.7*   11.3*    7.5    10.4*
Rank Among 75 Counties              9      34      14      41      47      21                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44        2,383   2,337   2,256   2,200   2,170   2,269     824   1,445 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19          553     544     517     491     480     517     133     384 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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