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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     BRADLEY COUNTY              1994    1995    1996    1997    1998   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births                 140     130     140     145     149     141      89      52 
General Fertility Rate           60.4    56.1    60.8    63.6    66.2    61.5*   65.5    56.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties             52      64      59      46      38      61                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19           40      40      26      30      28      33      14      18 
Teen Fertility Rate              96.9*   94.6*   62.2+   71.8    67.1    78.9*   61.1    97.3*
Rank Among 75 Counties              9      16      62      41      47      29                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women          53      60      55      58      65      58      16      42 
% Births To Unmarried Women      37.9    46.2*   39.3    40.0    43.6*   41.1*   18.0*   80.8*
Rank Among 75 Counties             22      11      21      16      17      17                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          24      27      17      24      24      23       5      18 
% Births To Unmarried Teens      17.1    20.8*   12.1    16.6    16.1    16.3*    5.6    34.6*
Rank Among 75 Counties             17       9      32      17      17      18                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education       50      41      45      38      31      41      25      16 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   35.7*   31.5*   32.1*   26.2    20.8    29.1*   28.1*   30.8 
Rank Among 75 Counties              4      12       6      24      46      15                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births            14      12      17       6      10      12       5       7 
% Low Birth Weight Births        10.0     9.2    12.1     4.1*+   6.7     8.5     5.6    13.5 
Rank Among 75 Counties             16      20       8      73      68      33                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care            47      35      41      36      36      39      20      19 
% No First Trimester Care        35.1*   27.3    29.7    25.0    24.7    28.3*   23.0    38.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties              8      27      21      31      31      22                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 1       2       0       1       1       1       1       0 
Infant Mortality Rate             7.1    15.4     0.0*+   6.9     6.7     7.1    11.2     0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             45      11      75      47      46      56                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               1       1       0       1       0       1       0       0 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           7.1     7.7     0.0     6.9     0.0     7.1     0.0     0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             16      25      75      22      75      17                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           0       1       0       0       1       0       0       0 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       0.0     7.7     0.0     0.0     6.7     0.0     0.0     0.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties             75      12      75      75       7      75                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  1       1       1       1       1       1       0       1 
Fetal Death Rate                  7.1     7.6     7.1     6.8     6.7     7.0     0.0    18.9 
Rank Among 75 Counties             34      34      44      37      32      40                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths              2       2       1       2       1       2       0       1 
Perinatal Death Rate             14.2    15.3     7.1    13.7     6.7    14.1     0.0    18.9 
Rank Among 75 Counties             19      23      67      27      60      24                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions            23      33      25      20      27      26      12      13 
Induced Abortion Ratio           16.4    25.4*   17.9    13.8    18.1    18.4    13.5    25.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             20       3      13      16       6       9                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44        2,319   2,317   2,301   2,279   2,252   2,294   1,358     929 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19          413     423     418     418     417     418     229     185 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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