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Table 35
Outcome Indicators
Indiana Cities, 1998
CITY Total
Births
Birth Weight % Preterm* % PNC**
Trimester 1
During Pregnancy % Unmarried
Parents
% Low % Very Low % Alcohol % Smoked
Anderson 942 8.9 1.5 8.2 79.4 0.5 30.1 s 49.5 s
Bloomington 779 9.4 1.7 11.4 73.6 0.6 19.9 30.9
Carmel 742 6.3 2.0 9.7 88.8 s 0.7 4.0 s 7.4 s
Columbus 685 6.1 1.0 7.3 77.4 0.4 23.1 30.7
East Chicago 636 10.8 2.8 10.2 63.7 s 1.1 11.5 s 64.2 s
Elkhart 1,156 9.7 2.2 10.2 64.2 s 0.8 25.6 s 51.6 s
Evansville 1,987 7.6 1.2 7.8 81.7 s 1.7 s 27.2 s 44.5 s
Fort Wayne 3,764 9.9 s 1.9 9.0 77.3 0.7 20.2 43.0 s
Gary 2,014 10.8 s 2.4 s 9.8 63.2 s 1.7 s 17.8 s 78.0 s
Greenwood 642 6.1 0.8 6.4 87.4 s 0.2 17.4 21.8 s
Hammond 1,259 10.0 1.7 10.4 68.5 s 0.6 21.6 51.5 s
Indianapolis 13,453 9.7 s 1.7 11.0 s 76.8 1.5 s 20.7 43.4 s
Kokomo 876 7.1 0.9 4.5 s 73.1 0.3 25.1 39.2 s
Lafayette 977 7.7 1.1 7.1 83.1 s 0.2 20.1 32.7
Lawrence 32 3.1 0.0 6.3 75.0 0.0 21.9 43.8
Marion 538 8.2 0.7 8.0 74.2 0.6 28.1 s 51.3 s
Merrillville 400 8.0 2.8 10.0 79.0 0.3 13.8 s 32.5
Michigan City 567 10.1 1.1 7.1 67.5 s 1.1 29.5 s 51.7 s
Mishawaka 756 6.0 0.7 7.1 82.1 s 0.8 20.8 36.9
Muncie 1,057 10.2 1.4 7.3 85.1 s 0.3 26.7 s 45.0 s
New Albany 586 6.8 1.9 9.9 62.8 s 1.5 27.5 s 43.5 s
Portage 466 8.4 1.5 8.2 76.4 0.4 24.2 34.3
Richmond 615 7.3 1.3 9.8 75.4 0.3 27.8 s 44.1 s
South Bend 2,131 9.6 2.1 9.9 74.1 s 1.7 s 19.0 49.1 s
Terre Haute 953 10.3 2.7 s 10.7 78.5 0.9 29.7 s 42.1 s
West Lafayette 317 4.7 1.6 5.7 89.6 s 0.3 10.7 s 15.5 s
Total, Large Cities 38,330 9.1 s 1.7 s 9.5 s 76.0 s 1.1 s 21.5 44.3 s
INDIANA 85,055 7.9 1.4 8.5 77.0 0.9 21.3 33.6

* Preterm: less than 37 weeks gestation.
** PNC: Prenatal Care.
"s" Significantly different from the state percent.

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team

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