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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     JACKSON COUNTY              1992    1993    1994    1995    1996   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births                 215     264     230     202     258     234     180      53 
General Fertility Rate           57.9*   72.6+   64.7    58.2*   75.9+   65.8    62.1    83.9 
Rank Among 75 Counties             63      15      41      65      16      43                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19           33      71      65      40      66      55      36      19 
Teen Fertility Rate              51.2   112.3*+ 105.0*   66.0+  110.2*   88.7*   76.3   132.9 
Rank Among 75 Counties             71       5       8      60       8      16                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women          72      96      94      81     107      90      45      44 
% Births To Unmarried Women      33.5    36.4    40.9*   40.1*   41.5*   38.5*   25.0*   83.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties             26      22      20      18      17      21                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          20      47      45      26      43      36      17      19 
% Births To Unmarried Teens       9.3    17.8*+  19.6*   12.9    16.7    15.4*    9.4*   35.8*
Rank Among 75 Counties             44      12      11      27      16      21                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education       54      84      70      48      60      63      47      16 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   25.1    31.8*   30.4*   23.8    23.3    26.9*   26.1*   30.2 
Rank Among 75 Counties             46       9      14      42      40      32                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births            15      22      24      18      25      21      11       9 
% Low Birth Weight Births         7.0     8.3    10.4     8.9     9.7     9.0     6.1    17.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties             49      28      11      25      22      26                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care            84      79      48      32      47      58      40      18 
% No First Trimester Care        39.3*   30.4+   21.5+   16.2*   19.7*   25.6    22.7    36.7 
Rank Among 75 Counties             10      24      52      65      61      39                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 2       1       0       2       0       1       1       0 
Infant Mortality Rate             9.3     3.8     0.0*    9.9+    0.0*+   4.3*    5.6     0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             41      60      75      30      75      71                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               0       1       0       1       0       0       0       0 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           0.0*    3.8     0.0     5.0     0.0*    0.0*    0.0     0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      45      75      39      75      75                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           2       0       0       1       0       1       1       0 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       9.3     0.0+    0.0     5.0     0.0     4.3     5.6     0.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties             15      75      75      24      75      32                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  1       1       2       2       3       2       2       0 
Fetal Death Rate                  4.6     3.8     8.6     9.8    11.5     8.5    11.0     0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             54      53      23      22      20      32                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths              1       2       2       3       3       2       2       0 
Perinatal Death Rate              4.6     7.5     8.6    14.7    11.5     8.5    11.0     0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             65      58      54      28      46      66                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions            24      42      36      33      39      35      28       6 
Induced Abortion Ratio           11.2*   15.9    15.7    16.3    15.1    15.0    15.6    11.3*
Rank Among 75 Counties             45      14      22      16      20      19                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44        3,714   3,634   3,555   3,471   3,400   3,555   2,898     632 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19          644     632     619     606     599     620     472     143 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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