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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     SEARCY COUNTY               1997    1998    1999    2000    2001   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births                  78      89      84      88      91      86       M       M 
General Fertility Rate           53.7    61.6    57.6    59.7    62.9    59.1*     -       -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             70      53      57      55      45      61                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19           16      21       9       8      14      14       M       M 
Teen Fertility Rate              63.5    83.3    35.0+   30.9*   52.6    54.5      -       -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             54      19      70      75      59      64                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women          19      26      21      20      19      21       M       M 
% Births To Unmarried Women      24.4    29.2    25.0*   22.7*   20.9*   24.4*     -       -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             54      42      60      62      71      63                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens           6      13       4       4       5       6       M       M 
% Births To Unmarried Teens       7.7    14.6     4.8*+   4.5*    5.5     7.0*     -       -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             65      25      75      74      72      73                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education       16      23      14      14      14      16       M       M 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   20.5    25.8    16.7    15.9    15.4    18.6      -       -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             52      25      66      63      67      60                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births             8       7       6       8       4       7       M       M 
% Low Birth Weight Births        10.3     7.9     7.1     9.1     4.4     8.1      -       -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             14      46      53      33      73      44                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care            20      23      19      20      18      20       M       M 
% No First Trimester Care        25.6    26.1    24.4    22.7    19.8    23.5      - *     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             30      23      27      31      47      31                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 0       2       1       1       0       1       M       M 
Infant Mortality Rate             0.0    22.5    11.9    11.4     0.0    11.6      -       -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75       5      22      19      75      14                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               0       2       1       1       0       1       M       M 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           0.0    22.5    11.9    11.4     0.0    11.6      -       -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75       4       7       6      75       3                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           0       0       0       0       0       0       M       M 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0*     - *     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      75      75      75      75      75                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  0       0       1       2       0       1       M       M 
Fetal Death Rate                  0.0     0.0    11.8    22.2     0.0+   11.5      -       -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      75      19       1      75       9                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths              0       2       2       3       0       1       M       M 
Perinatal Death Rate              0.0    22.5    23.5    33.3     0.0+   11.5      -       -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      10       6       2      75      35                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions             3       0       4       5       7       4       M       M 
Induced Abortion Ratio            3.8*    0.0*+   4.8*+   5.7*    7.7     4.7*     - *     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             69      75      64      58      47      68                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44        1,452   1,445   1,458   1,473   1,446   1,455       M       M 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19          252     252     257     259     266     257       M       M 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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