| | 1996-98 | Rate/100,000 | |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted | |
| PHILLIPS, AR -HSA# 537 | 5 | 82,582 | 6.1 | 6.7 | UNSTABLE |
| CRITTENDEN (WEST MEMPHIS), AR-ST. FRANCIS, AR -HSA# 499 | 14 | 329,823 | 4.2 | 4.5 | UNSTABLE |
| JACKSON, AR -HSA# 521 | 2 | 53,844 | 3.7 | 4.0 | UNSTABLE |
| OUACHITA, AR-DALLAS, AR -HSA# 496 | 5 | 111,401 | 4.5 | 3.4 | UNSTABLE |
| UNION, AR-COLUMBIA, AR -HSA# 486 | 8 | 228,885 | 3.5 | 3.2 | UNSTABLE |
| JEFFERSON (PINE BLUFF), AR-BRADLEY, AR -HSA# 473 | 13 | 447,196 | 2.9 | 2.8 | UNSTABLE |
| MISSISSIPPI, AR-PEMISCOT, MO -HSA# 614 | 6 | 215,885 | 2.8 | 2.8 | UNSTABLE |
| SEBASTIAN (FORT SMITH), AR-CRAWFORD, AR -HSA# 421 | 26 | 895,117 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| CHICOT, AR-ASHLEY, AR -HSA# 480 | 3 | 118,524 | 2.5 | 2.6 | UNSTABLE |
| WHITE, AR-CLEBURNE, AR -HSA# 457 | 8 | 284,403 | 2.8 | 2.5 | UNSTABLE |
| BOWIE (TEXARKANA), TX-MILLER, AR -HSA# 404 | 18 | 721,066 | 2.5 | 2.3 | UNSTABLE |
| GARLAND, AR-HOT SPRING, AR -HSA# 448 | 15 | 456,762 | 3.3 | 2.3 | UNSTABLE |
| WASHINGTON (FAYETTEVILLE), AR-BENTON, AR -HSA# 446 | 20 | 959,828 | 2.1 | 2.1 | UNSTABLE |
| ARKANSAS, AR-MONROE, AR -HSA# 527 | 2 | 93,129 | 2.1 | 2.0 | UNSTABLE |
| CRAIGHEAD, AR-GREENE, AR -HSA# 571 | 14 | 664,539 | 2.1 | 2.0 | UNSTABLE |
| BOONE, AR-CARROLL, AR -HSA# 494 | 5 | 209,827 | 2.4 | 1.9 | UNSTABLE |
| PULASKI (LITTLE ROCK), AR-SALINE, AR -HSA# 432 | 30 | 1,859,807 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| POPE, AR-YELL, AR -HSA# 442 | 3 | 211,148 | 1.4 | 1.4 | UNSTABLE |
| JOHNSON, AR -HSA# 522 | 1 | 63,507 | 1.6 | 1.4 | UNSTABLE |
| INDEPENDENCE, AR-HOWELL, MO -HSA# 574 | 5 | 413,779 | 1.2 | 1.3 | UNSTABLE |
| POLK, AR -HSA# 534 | 1 | 58,401 | 1.7 | 1.3 | UNSTABLE |
| BAXTER, AR-MARION, AR -HSA# 407 | 3 | 152,120 | 2.0 | 1.1 | UNSTABLE |
