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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     PERRY COUNTY                1997    1998    1999    2000    2001   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births                 111     127     135     123     144     128     126       1 
General Fertility Rate           56.2    63.1    66.6    60.5    70.6    63.4    64.5    15.6*
Rank Among 75 Counties             66      46      27      53      14      41                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19           24      34      20      13      22      23      22       0 
Teen Fertility Rate              70.0    98.0*   57.1+   38.3*   62.1    66.3    65.3      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             40       8      56      71      41      41                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women          38      36      30      25      36      33      32       1 
% Births To Unmarried Women      34.2    28.3    22.2*   20.3*   25.0*   25.8*   25.4      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             29      47      69      71      64      58                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          19      19      10       5      12      13      12       0 
% Births To Unmarried Teens      17.1    15.0     7.4     4.1*    8.3    10.2     9.5      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             16      23      68      75      56      51                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education       24      27      27      20      29      25      25       0 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   21.6    21.3    20.0    16.3    20.1    19.5    19.8      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             44      44      52      61      46      56                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births             5      10       6       5      14       8       8       0 
% Low Birth Weight Births         4.5     7.9     4.4     4.1     9.7     6.3*    6.3      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             71      45      74      75      27      72                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care            28      34      17      16      13      22      21       0 
% No First Trimester Care        26.2    27.4    13.2*+  13.0*    9.0*   17.6*   16.9      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             26      17      71      68      73      65                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 3       0       1       2       1       1       1       0 
Infant Mortality Rate            27.0     0.0+    7.4    16.3     6.9     7.8     7.9      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties              2      75      40       9      38      44                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               1       0       0       1       1       1       1       0 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           9.0     0.0     0.0     8.1     6.9     7.8     7.9      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             13      75      75      16      19      11                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           2       0       1       1       0       1       1       0 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate      18.0     0.0+    7.4     8.1     0.0     7.8     7.9      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties              2      75      11       6      75       4                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  0       1       0       1       0       0       0       0 
Fetal Death Rate                  0.0     7.8     0.0     8.1     0.0     0.0     0.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      26      75      26      75      75                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths              1       1       0       2       1       1       1       0 
Perinatal Death Rate              9.0     7.8     0.0*   16.1+    6.9     7.8     7.9      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             44      50      75      18      54      66                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions            11      15       8       9      10      11       9       0 
Induced Abortion Ratio            9.9    11.8     5.9*    7.3*    6.9*    8.6*    7.1*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             34      21      57      47      53      43                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44        1,976   2,014   2,026   2,034   2,040   2,018   1,954      64 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19          343     347     350     339     354     347     337      10 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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