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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     CRAIGHEAD COUNTY            1994    1995    1996    1997    1998   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births               1,068   1,057   1,089   1,117   1,117   1,090     967     115 
General Fertility Rate           60.6*   59.1*   60.0*   61.2*   60.6*   60.3*   59.0*   78.1 
Rank Among 75 Counties             49      55      63      57      61      64                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19          188     156     189     162     159     171     145      25 
Teen Fertility Rate              63.9    51.4*   59.9    50.9*   49.6*   55.1*   52.7*   78.6*
Rank Among 75 Counties             59      70      65      69      68      70                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women         278     253     294     295     315     287     205      81 
% Births To Unmarried Women      26.0*   23.9*   27.0*   26.4*   28.2*   26.3*   21.2    70.4 
Rank Among 75 Counties             38      48      40      48      48      39                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          91      82     111      87     103      95      71      23 
% Births To Unmarried Teens       8.5*    7.8*   10.2*+   7.8*+   9.2*    8.7*    7.3*   20.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties             54      68      46      64      58      62                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education      208     192     201     186     199     197     171      26 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   19.5*   18.2*   18.5*   16.7*   17.8*   18.1*   17.7*   22.6*
Rank Among 75 Counties             64      67      65      69      61      69                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births            71      73      72      83      76      75      62      13 
% Low Birth Weight Births         6.6     6.9     6.6*    7.4     6.8*    6.9*    6.4*   11.3 
Rank Among 75 Counties             50      50      57      45      66      58                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care           244     170     228     230     208     216     174      41 
% No First Trimester Care        23.1    16.1*+  21.1*+  20.8*   18.8*   20.0*   18.1*   36.3 
Rank Among 75 Counties             46      66      54      55      52      59                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 7      12       9      11       9      10       9       1 
Infant Mortality Rate             6.6    11.4     8.3     9.8     8.1     9.2     9.3     8.7 
Rank Among 75 Counties             52      22      38      27      40      31                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               4       8       2       4       4       4       4       0 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           3.7     7.6     1.8+    3.6     3.6     3.7     4.1     0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             42      26      56      45      49      60                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           3       4       7       7       5       5       5       0 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       2.8     3.8     6.4     6.3     4.5     4.6     5.2*    0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             46      34      12      19      16      27                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  6       3       8      11       4       6       4       2 
Fetal Death Rate                  5.6     2.8     7.3     9.8     3.6     5.5     4.1    17.1 
Rank Among 75 Counties             45      57      41      18      47      57                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths             10      11      10      15       8      11       8       2 
Perinatal Death Rate              9.3    10.4     9.1    13.3     7.1    10.0     8.2    17.1 
Rank Among 75 Counties             48      46      61      31      56      53                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions           190     181     190      89      76     145     112      27 
Induced Abortion Ratio           17.8    17.1    17.4     8.0*+   6.8*   13.3*   11.6*   23.5 
Rank Among 75 Counties             16      13      14      51      53      25                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44       17,630  17,894  18,153  18,243  18,423  18,069  16,378   1,473 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19        2,941   3,037   3,153   3,183   3,208   3,104   2,749     318 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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