Table 15 Very Low Birth Weight Infants by Race and Age of Mother: Indiana, 1999

Table 15 Very Low Birth Weight Infants by Race and Age of Mother: Indiana, 1999
AGE OF MOTHER	Births			Very Low Birth Weight			Percent Very Low
	Total	Race		Total	Race		Total	Race
	Total	White	Black	Total	White	Black	Total	White	Black
10-14	165	88	74	6	2	4	3.6	2.3	5.4
15-17	3,528	2,684	798	73	44	28	2.1	1.6	3.5
18-19	7,608	6,173	1,349	152	98	53	2.0	1.6	3.9
20-24	24,264	20,707	3,303	343	256	80	1.4	1.2	2.4
25-29	24,833	22,315	2,034	313	256	55	1.3	1.1	2.7
30-34	16,794	15,313	1,075	229	193	31	1.4	1.3	2.9
35-39	7,029	6,377	499	114	87	25	1.6	1.4	5.0
40-44	1,183	1,054	105	22	17	5	1.9	1.6	4.8
45+	55	50	4	3	3	0	5.5	6.0	0.0
Unknown	30	26	3	2	0	2	6.7	0.0	66.7
Total	85,489	74,787	9,244	1,257	956	283	1.5	1.3	3.1
SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team