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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     CRAIGHEAD COUNTY            1995    1996    1997    1998    1999   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births               1,057   1,089   1,117   1,117   1,106   1,097     971     116 
General Fertility Rate           59.1*   60.0*   61.2*   60.6*   60.3*   60.2*   59.0*   75.9 
Rank Among 75 Counties             55      63      57      61      59      65                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19          156     189     162     159     162     166     141      24 
Teen Fertility Rate              51.4*   59.9    50.9*   49.6*   49.8*   52.4*   50.4*   72.3*
Rank Among 75 Counties             70      65      69      68      66      70                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women         253     294     295     315     323     296     215      80 
% Births To Unmarried Women      23.9*   27.0*   26.4*   28.2*   29.2*   27.0*   22.1    69.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties             48      40      48      48      44      44                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          82     111      87     103     107      98      75      22 
% Births To Unmarried Teens       7.8*   10.2*+   7.8*+   9.2*    9.7*    8.9*    7.7*   19.0*
Rank Among 75 Counties             68      46      64      58      53      62                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education      192     201     186     199     174     190     164      26 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   18.2*   18.5*   16.7*   17.8*   15.7*   17.3*   16.9*   22.4*
Rank Among 75 Counties             67      65      69      61      70      70                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births            73      72      83      76      80      77      63      14 
% Low Birth Weight Births         6.9     6.6*    7.4     6.8*    7.2     7.0*    6.5*   12.1 
Rank Among 75 Counties             50      57      45      66      51      57                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care           170     228     230     208     236     214     171      42 
% No First Trimester Care        16.1*   21.1*+  20.8*   18.8*   21.5    19.6*   17.7*   36.2 
Rank Among 75 Counties             66      54      55      52      37      59                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                12       9      11       9       5       9       8       1 
Infant Mortality Rate            11.4     8.3     9.8     8.1     4.5     8.2     8.2     8.6 
Rank Among 75 Counties             22      38      27      40      58      46                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               8       2       4       4       3       4       4       0 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           7.6     1.8+    3.6     3.6     2.7     3.6     4.1     0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             26      56      45      49      50      60                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           4       7       7       5       2       5       5       0 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       3.8     6.4     6.3     4.5     1.8     4.6     5.1*    0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             34      12      19      16      42      22                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  3       8      11       4       5       6       5       1 
Fetal Death Rate                  2.8     7.3     9.8     3.6     4.5     5.4     5.1     8.5 
Rank Among 75 Counties             57      41      18      47      52      59                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths             11      10      15       8       8      10       9       2 
Perinatal Death Rate             10.4     9.1    13.3     7.1     7.2     9.1*    9.2    17.1 
Rank Among 75 Counties             46      60      31      56      58      64                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions           181     190      89      76     102     128      99      24 
Induced Abortion Ratio           17.1    17.4     8.0*+   6.8*    9.2*   11.7*   10.2*   20.7*
Rank Among 75 Counties             13      14      51      53      32      29                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44       17,894  18,153  18,243  18,423  18,341  18,211  16,460   1,529 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19        3,037   3,153   3,183   3,208   3,255   3,167   2,796     332 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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