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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     LONOKE COUNTY               1997    1998    1999    2000    2001   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births                 661     682     704     697     731     695     630      55 
General Fertility Rate           59.5*   60.8*   61.2    59.3*   61.2*   60.4*   59.8*   57.2*
Rank Among 75 Counties             54      58      46      57      54      53                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19          117     106     118      99     104     109      89      19 
Teen Fertility Rate              62.0    55.4    60.9    50.5*   51.3    56.0*   51.1    93.6*
Rank Among 75 Counties             55      58      49      64      60      61                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women         175     186     182     193     210     189     142      45 
% Births To Unmarried Women      26.5*   27.3*   25.9*   27.7*   28.7*   27.2*   22.5*   81.8*
Rank Among 75 Counties             47      51      53      52      52      53                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          78      77      81      71      66      75      56      18 
% Births To Unmarried Teens      11.8    11.3    11.5    10.2     9.0*   10.8*    8.9    32.7*
Rank Among 75 Counties             32      39      40      44      52      41                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education      123     110     115     109     120     115     103      12 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   18.6*   16.1*   16.3*   15.6*   16.4*   16.5*   16.3*   21.8*
Rank Among 75 Counties             57      68      67      65      63      67                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births            51      64      60      59      55      58      48       8 
% Low Birth Weight Births         7.7     9.4     8.5     8.5     7.5     8.3     7.6    14.5 
Rank Among 75 Counties             40      34      32      39      49      40                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care           135     120     131     106     115     121     101      18 
% No First Trimester Care        21.4    18.3*   18.9    15.6*   16.0*   17.9*   16.5*   34.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             50      55      52      60      60      62                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 6       7       5       4       8       6       5       1 
Infant Mortality Rate             9.1    10.3     7.1     5.7    10.9     8.6     7.9    18.2 
Rank Among 75 Counties             32      24      41      54      18      37                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               3       4       2       1       2       2       2       0 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           4.5     5.9     2.8     1.4     2.7     2.9     3.2     0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             36      30      47      52      40      61                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           3       3       3       3       6       4       3       1 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       4.5     4.4     4.3     4.3     8.2     5.8     4.8    18.2*
Rank Among 75 Counties             28      19      28      34      10      13                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  6       5       6       1       4       4       3       1 
Fetal Death Rate                  9.0     7.3     8.5     1.4*    5.4     5.7     4.7    17.9 
Rank Among 75 Counties             23      30      29      56      45      53                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths              9       9       8       2       6       7       6       1 
Perinatal Death Rate             13.5    13.1    11.3     2.9*    8.2    10.0     9.5    17.9 
Rank Among 75 Counties             29      32      48      66      47      49                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions            90     109      86      70      84      88      59      13 
Induced Abortion Ratio           13.6    16.0    12.2*   10.0*   11.5*   12.7*    9.4    23.6 
Rank Among 75 Counties             18      10      17      29      26      15                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44       11,107  11,223  11,508  11,745  11,942  11,505  10,543     962 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19        1,887   1,913   1,939   1,959   2,027   1,945   1,742     203 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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