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STATE OF ARKANSAS 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 TOTAL WHITE BLACK
Total Live Births 36,455 36,831 36,672 37,791 36,982 36,946 28,211 7,760
General Fertility Rate 65.4 65.8 65.3 67.1+ 65.8+ 65.9 63.2 67.8
Live Births: Women 15-19 6,823 6,680 6,419 6,399 5,943 6,453 4,266 2,052
Teen Fertility Rate 70.7 68.6+ 66.0+ 66.4+ 62.3+ 66.8 57.7 90.3
Births To Unmarried Women 12,248 12,910 12,905 13,514 13,375 12,990 6,883 5,795
% Births To Unmarried Women 33.6 35.1+ 35.2 35.8 36.2 35.2 24.4 74.7
Births To Unmarried Teens 4,540 4,669 4,511 4,501 4,222 4,489 2,432 1,965
% Births To Unmarried Teens 12.5 12.7 12.3 11.9 11.4+ 12.2 8.6 25.3
Less Than 12 Years Education 8,292 8,329 8,226 8,594 8,131 8,315 5,902 2,100
% Less Than 12 Years Education 22.7 22.6 22.4 22.7 22.0+ 22.5 20.9 27.1
Low Birth Weight Births 3,033 3,270 3,151 3,236 3,249 3,189 2,069 1,044
% Low Birth Weight Births 8.3 8.9+ 8.6 8.6 8.8 8.6 7.3 13.5
No First Trimester Care 8,667 7,944 7,498 7,515 7,339 7,793 5,081 2,442
% No First Trimester Care 24.4 22.1+ 20.9+ 20.3+ 20.2 21.6 18.4 32.3
Total Infant Deaths 316 339 312 315 307 317 203 110
Infant Mortality Rate 8.7 9.2 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.6 7.2 14.2
Total Neonatal Deaths 185 211 187 183 171 187 118 67
Neonatal Mortality Rate 5.1 5.7 5.1 4.8 4.6 5.1 4.2 8.6
Total Postneonatal Deaths 131 128 125 132 136 130 85 43
Postneonatal Mortality Rate 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.0 5.5
Total Fetal Deaths 281 232 254 268 291 266 168 93
Fetal Death Rate 7.6 6.3+ 6.9 7.0 7.8 7.1 5.9 11.8
Total Perinatal Deaths 466 443 441 451 462 453 285 161
Perinatal Death Rate 12.7 12.0 11.9 11.9 12.4 12.2 10.0 20.5
Total Induced Abortions 5,887 5,675 5,592 5,844 5,674 5,735 2,676 1,495
Induced Abortion Ratio 16.1 15.4+ 15.2 15.5 15.3 15.5 9.5 19.3
Female Population, 15-44 557,813 559,425 561,169 563,093 562,110 560,722 446,219 114,504
Female Population, 15-19 96,519 97,428 97,269 96,376 95,369 96,594 73,877 22,716
*Significant from the remainder of the state.
+Significant from the previous year.
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