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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     SEBASTIAN COUNTY            1997    1998    1999    2000    2001   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births               1,770   1,714   1,723   1,857   1,827   1,778   1,509     120 
General Fertility Rate           73.2*   70.9*   71.1*   75.7*+  75.0*   73.2*   72.4*   34.7*
Rank Among 75 Counties             11      14      17      10      10       8                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19          282     294     273     292     279     284     231      32 
Teen Fertility Rate              71.9*   74.1    68.5    72.8    70.8    71.6*   70.2    47.4 
Rank Among 75 Counties             35      32      36      33      25      34                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women         607     598     624     626     653     622     475      90 
% Births To Unmarried Women      34.3    34.9    36.2    33.7    35.7    35.0    31.5*   75.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             28      31      30      36      31      32                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens         194     195     193     197     199     196     149      30 
% Births To Unmarried Teens      11.0*   11.4    11.2    10.6    10.9    11.0*    9.9*   25.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             38      38      41      41      37      38                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education      519     520     549     535     519     528     436      32 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   29.3*   30.3*   31.9*   28.8*+  28.4*   29.7*   28.9*   26.7 
Rank Among 75 Counties             13      13       9      14      15      10                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births           134     129     133     115     130     128     106      12 
% Low Birth Weight Births         7.6     7.5*    7.7     6.2*    7.1*    7.2*    7.0    10.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties             42      54      45      67      55      61                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care           598     611     612     586     550     591     475      55 
% No First Trimester Care        33.8*   35.8*   36.0*   31.7*+  30.7*   33.5*   31.7*   46.2*
Rank Among 75 Counties              7       2       3       6       7       3                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                15      10      17       8      15      13      10       2 
Infant Mortality Rate             8.5     5.8     9.9     4.3*+   8.2     7.3     6.6    16.7 
Rank Among 75 Counties             37      51      31      63      33      47                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths              11       8      11       3       6       8       6       1 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           6.2     4.7     6.4     1.6*+   3.3     4.5     4.0     8.3 
Rank Among 75 Counties             29      37      27      51      34      45                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           4       2       6       5       9       5       4       1 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       2.3     1.2     3.5     2.7     4.9     2.8     2.7     8.3 
Rank Among 75 Counties             41      41      32      46      25      46                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                 12      16      13      10      12      13      10       3 
Fetal Death Rate                  6.7     9.2     7.5     5.4     6.5     7.3     6.6    24.4 
Rank Among 75 Counties             38      15      33      42      39      35                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths             23      24      24      13      18      20      16       4 
Perinatal Death Rate             12.9    13.9    13.8     7.0*+   9.8    11.2    10.5    32.5 
Rank Among 75 Counties             33      29      31      54      39      39                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions           154     156     158     217     226     182      96      21 
Induced Abortion Ratio            8.7*    9.1*    9.2*   11.7*+  12.4*   10.2*    6.4*   17.5 
Rank Among 75 Counties             46      42      33      15      21      33                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44       24,196  24,159  24,233  24,517  24,372  24,295  20,842   3,454 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19        3,920   3,965   3,984   4,013   3,941   3,965   3,290     675 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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