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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     SEVIER COUNTY               1997    1998    1999    2000    2001   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births                 248     274     251     276     268     263     249       7 
General Fertility Rate           80.7*   88.2*   79.3*   87.2*   85.6*   84.1*   86.5*   28.2*
Rank Among 75 Counties              4       1       5       1       2       2                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19           59      50      38      43      57      49      46       2 
Teen Fertility Rate             109.9*   91.6    68.7    79.2   104.6*   89.9    91.5*   47.6 
Rank Among 75 Counties              4      13      35      25       2       6                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women          54      91      99      97     111      90      82       5 
% Births To Unmarried Women      21.8*   33.2+   39.4    35.1    41.4    34.2    32.9*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             61      33      24      29      22      33                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          22      29      28      24      38      28      26       1 
% Births To Unmarried Teens       8.9    10.6    11.2     8.7    14.2+   10.6    10.4*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             56      43      42      61      23      42                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education      106     121     113     128     138     121     116       2 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   42.7*   44.2*   45.0*   46.4*   51.5*   46.0*   46.6*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties              1       1       1       1       1       1                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births            28      28      15      20      20      22      20       1 
% Low Birth Weight Births        11.3    10.2     6.0     7.2     7.5     8.4     8.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties              7      20      67      53      50      39                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care            47      45      53      59      59      53      49       2 
% No First Trimester Care        19.3    16.5*   21.5    21.7    22.2    20.4    19.8      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             58      64      38      38      39      48                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 2       3       1       4       4       3       3       0 
Infant Mortality Rate             8.1    10.9     4.0    14.5    14.9    11.4    12.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             39      23      59      14      10      15                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               0       2       1       2       0       1       1       0 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           0.0*    7.3     4.0     7.2     0.0*    3.8     4.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      23      40      20      75      51                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           2       1       0       2       4       2       2       0 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       8.1     3.6     0.0     7.2    14.9*    7.6     8.0*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             13      26      75      13       2       5                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  5       0       3       0       0       2       2       0 
Fetal Death Rate                 19.8     0.0*+  11.8+    0.0*+   0.0*    7.5     8.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties              1      75      18      75      75      33                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths              5       2       4       2       0       3       2       0 
Perinatal Death Rate             19.8     7.3    15.7     7.2     0.0*   11.3     8.0      -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             12      53      19      53      75      36                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions            13      18      15      12      14      14       9       2 
Induced Abortion Ratio            5.2*    6.6*    6.0*    4.3*    5.2*    5.3*    3.6*     -  
Rank Among 75 Counties             65      55      55      65      62      65                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44        3,072   3,107   3,166   3,165   3,132   3,128   2,880     248 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19          537     546     553     543     545     545     503      42 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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