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STATE OF ARKANSAS 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 TOTAL WHITE BLACK
Total Live Births 34,735 35,154 36,356 36,450 36,831 35,905 27,349 7,839
General Fertility Rate 65.0 65.4 67.2+ 67.3 67.5 66.5 63.4 77.9
Live Births: Women 15-19 6,798 6,711 7,016 6,823 6,680 6,806 4,443 2,268
Teen Fertility Rate 76.2 73.6 75.4 72.8+ 70.7+ 73.7 63.6 107.1
Births To Unmarried Women 11,236 11,403 12,157 12,245 12,910 11,990 6,027 5,756
% Births To Unmarried Women 32.3 32.4 33.4+ 33.6 35.1+ 33.4 22.0 73.4
Births To Unmarried Teens 4,304 4,305 4,651 4,540 4,669 4,494 2,286 2,149
% Births To Unmarried Teens 12.4 12.2 12.8+ 12.5 12.7 12.5 8.4 27.4
Less Than 12 Years Education 8,123 8,166 8,257 8,292 8,329 8,233 5,786 2,227
% Less Than 12 Years Education 23.4 23.2 22.7 22.7 22.6 22.9 21.2 28.4
Low Birth Weight Births 2,843 2,876 3,078 3,033 3,270 3,020 1,937 1,036
% Low Birth Weight Births 8.2 8.2 8.5 8.3 8.9+ 8.4 7.1 13.2
No First Trimester Care 8,403 8,032 8,984 8,667 7,944 8,406 5,387 2,806
% No First Trimester Care 24.9 23.3+ 25.2+ 24.4+ 22.1+ 24.0 20.1 37.0
Total Infant Deaths 325 317 337 316 339 327 210 113
Infant Mortality Rate 9.4 9.0 9.3 8.7 9.2 9.1 7.7 14.4
Total Neonatal Deaths 174 193 204 185 211 193 125 66
Neonatal Mortality Rate 5.0 5.5 5.6 5.1 5.7 5.4 4.6 8.4
Total Postneonatal Deaths 151 124 133 131 128 133 85 46
Postneonatal Mortality Rate 4.3 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.1 5.9
Total Fetal Deaths 250 259 293 281 232 263 168 92
Fetal Death Rate 7.1 7.3 8.0 7.7 6.3+ 7.3 6.1 11.6
Total Perinatal Deaths 424 452 497 466 443 456 293 158
Perinatal Death Rate 12.1 12.8 13.6 12.7 12.0 12.6 10.6 19.9
Total Induced Abortions 6,036 5,886 6,082 5,889 5,675 5,914 3,676 1,934
Induced Abortion Ratio 17.4 16.7 16.7 16.2 15.4+ 16.5 13.4 24.7
Female Population, 15-44 534,357 537,720 541,396 541,864 545,749 540,217 431,657 100,654
Female Population, 15-19 89,239 91,183 92,989 93,697 94,528 92,327 69,891 21,176
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.
+Significantly different from the previous year.
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