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------ AVERAGE ------
STATE OF ARKANSAS 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 TOTAL WHITE BLACK
Total Live Births 34,819 34,332 34,735 35,154 36,356 35,080 26,635 7,889
General Fertility Rate 67.2 66.4 67.2 68.2 70.8+ 68.0 64.2 85.7
Live Births: Women 15-19 6,551 6,495 6,798 6,711 7,016 6,714 4,345 2,299
Teen Fertility Rate 75.5 75.2 79.1+ 78.5 81.8 78.0 66.0 122.3
Births To Unmarried Women 10,788 10,902 11,236 11,403 12,157 11,295 5,434 5,715
% Births To Unmarried Women 31.0 31.8+ 32.3 32.4 33.4+ 32.2 20.4 72.4
Births To Unmarried Teens 4,015 4,047 4,304 4,305 4,651 4,264 2,055 2,170
% Births To Unmarried Teens 11.5 11.8 12.4+ 12.2 12.8+ 12.2 7.7 27.5
Less Than 12 Years Education 8,670 8,171 8,123 8,166 8,257 8,278 5,789 2,323
% Less Than 12 Years Education 24.9 23.8+ 23.4 23.2 22.7 23.6 21.7 29.4
Low Birth Weight Births 2,849 2,821 2,843 2,876 3,078 2,890 1,823 1,031
% Low Birth Weight Births 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.5 8.2 6.8 13.1
No First Trimester Care 9,294 8,738 8,403 8,032 8,984 8,690 5,500 3,023
% No First Trimester Care 27.6 26.1+ 24.9+ 23.3+ 25.2+ 25.4 21.1 39.9
Total Infant Deaths 362 343 325 317 337 338 222 113
Infant Mortality Rate 10.4 10.0 9.4 9.0 9.3 9.6 8.3 14.3
Total Neonatal Deaths 208 202 174 193 204 192 125 65
Neonatal Mortality Rate 6.0 5.9 5.0 5.5 5.6 5.5 4.7 8.2
Total Postneonatal Deaths 154 141 151 124 133 138 89 45
Postneonatal Mortality Rate 4.4 4.1 4.3 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.3 5.7
Total Fetal Deaths 293 278 250 259 293 271 178 97
Fetal Death Rate 8.3 8.0 7.1 7.3 8.0 7.7 6.6 12.1
Total Perinatal Deaths 501 480 424 452 497 466 304 161
Perinatal Death Rate 14.3 13.9 12.1+ 12.8 13.6 13.2 11.3 20.2
Total Induced Abortions 6,271 6,020 6,036 5,886 6,082 6,063 3,970 1,911
Induced Abortion Ratio 18.0 17.5 17.4 16.7 16.7 17.3 14.9 24.2
Female Population, 15-44 518,081 517,323 516,570 515,622 513,682 516,257 414,895 92,091
Female Population, 15-19 86,786 86,393 85,996 85,523 85,766 86,091 65,849 18,798
*Significant from the remainder of the state.
+Significant from the previous year.
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