Arkansas last year recorded a homicide rate of 10.6 per 100,000 residents, compared to the U.S. rate of 6.5 per 100,000 and the state’s 4.6 rate a decade earlier, according to newly released FBI crime data.
There were 127 deaths with cancer listed as the underlying cause reported in Arkansas during the week ending August 14, a 8.6 percent decrease from the previous week.
There were 107 deaths with COVID-19 listed as the underlying cause reported in Arkansas in the week ending July 24, making up 14.8 percent of total deaths by all causes in Arkansas.
The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for May in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area was 353,200, a 0.3 percent increase over the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for October 2021 in the Pine Bluff metropolitan statistical area was 32,000, a 0.6 percent increase over the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for September in Arkansas' Pine Bluff metropolitan statistical area was 31,800, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
There were 41 deaths with chronic lower respiratory disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Arkansas during the week ending August 14, a 19.6 percent decrease from the previous week.
There were 31 deaths with cerebrovascular disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Arkansas during the week ending August 14, a 11.4 percent decrease from the previous week.
There were 117 deaths with COVID-19 listed as a contributing cause reported in Arkansas in the week ending July 24, making up 16.2 percent of total deaths by all causes in Arkansas.
The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for May in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan statistical area was 272,500, a 0.9 percent increase over the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for October 2021 in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area was 356,200, a 0.6 percent increase over the previous month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls for September in Arkansas' Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area was 353,900, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
There were 30 deaths with diabetes mellitus listed as the underlying cause reported in Arkansas during the week ending August 14, a 11.8 percent decrease from the previous week.