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                                                                        ------ AVERAGE ------
     LONOKE COUNTY               1995    1996    1997    1998    1999   TOTAL   WHITE   BLACK 
                                                                                              
                                                                                              
Total Live Births                 650     659     661     682     704     671     610      53 
General Fertility Rate           64.2    63.0    61.3*   61.4*   62.6*   62.5*   64.4    46.2*
Rank Among 75 Counties             33      52      56      58      47      54                 
                                                                                              
Live Births: Women 15-19           99     123     117     106     118     113      92      19 
Teen Fertility Rate              56.7*   67.3    61.7    54.2    59.4    60.0*   56.6    80.5*
Rank Among 75 Counties             68      49      60      64      54      67                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Women         142     171     175     186     182     171     127      42 
% Births To Unmarried Women      21.8*   25.9*   26.5*   27.3*   25.9*   25.5*   20.8*   79.2*
Rank Among 75 Counties             57      42      47      51      53      53                 
                                                                                              
Births To Unmarried Teens          55      71      78      77      81      72      53      19 
% Births To Unmarried Teens       8.5*   10.8    11.8    11.3    11.5    10.7*    8.7    35.8*
Rank Among 75 Counties             63      39      32      39      40      38                 
                                                                                              
Less Than 12 Years Education      142     120     123     110     115     122     109      12 
% Less Than 12 Years Education   21.8    18.2*   18.6*   16.1*   16.3*   18.2*   17.9*   22.6 
Rank Among 75 Counties             52      66      57      68      67      67                 
                                                                                              
Low Birth Weight Births            46      39      51      64      60      52      44       6 
% Low Birth Weight Births         7.1     5.9*    7.7     9.4     8.5     7.7     7.2    11.3 
Rank Among 75 Counties             48      65      40      34      32      47                 
                                                                                              
No First Trimester Care           139     137     135     120     131     132     111      19 
% No First Trimester Care        22.5    21.3*   21.4    18.3*   18.9    20.4*   18.8    38.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             42      53      50      55      52      54                 
                                                                                              
Total Infant Deaths                 6       8       6       7       5       6       5       1 
Infant Mortality Rate             9.2    12.1     9.1    10.3     7.1     8.9     8.2    18.9 
Rank Among 75 Counties             37      21      32      24      41      38                 
                                                                                              
Total Neonatal Deaths               5       4       3       4       2       4       3       0 
Neonatal Mortality Rate           7.7     6.1     4.5     5.9     2.8     6.0     4.9     0.0 
Rank Among 75 Counties             25      30      36      30      47      34                 
                                                                                              
Total Postneonatal Deaths           1       4       3       3       3       3       2       1 
Postneonatal Mortality Rate       1.5     6.1     4.5     4.4     4.3     4.5     3.3    18.9 
Rank Among 75 Counties             43      15      28      19      28      23                 
                                                                                              
Total Fetal Deaths                  4       2       6       5       6       5       4       1 
Fetal Death Rate                  6.1     3.0     9.0     7.3     8.5     7.4     6.5    18.5 
Rank Among 75 Counties             44      63      23      30      29      40                 
                                                                                              
Total Perinatal Deaths              9       6       9       9       8       8       7       1 
Perinatal Death Rate             13.8     9.1    13.5    13.1    11.3    11.8    11.4    18.5 
Rank Among 75 Counties             31      61      29      32      48      43                 
                                                                                              
Total Induced Abortions            99      87      90     109      86      94      76      16 
Induced Abortion Ratio           15.2    13.2*   13.6    16.0    12.2*   14.0*   12.5    30.2 
Rank Among 75 Counties             20      30      18      10      17      14                 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-44       10,119  10,460  10,775  11,102  11,254  10,742   9,465   1,146 
                                                                                              
Female Population, 15-19        1,745   1,828   1,896   1,957   1,985   1,882   1,625     236 
                                                                                              
*Significantly different from the remainder of the state.                                     
+Significantly different from the previous year.                                              

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