TABLE 15 |
Very Low Birth Weight Infants by Race and Age of Mother: |
Indiana, 2000 |
Births | Very Low Birth Weight | Percent Very Low Birth Weight | |||||||
Age of Mother | All Races | White | Black | All Races | White | Black | All Races | White | Black |
10-14 | 127 | 72 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
15-17 | 3,357 | 2,585 | 727 | 79 | 53 | 25 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
18-19 | 7,484 | 6,136 | 1,288 | 121 | 91 | 29 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
20-24 | 25,442 | 21,700 | 3,430 | 326 | 243 | 82 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.4 |
25-29 | 25,094 | 22,486 | 2,164 | 328 | 259 | 68 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
30-34 | 17,351 | 15,778 | 1,139 | 200 | 148 | 50 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 4.4 |
35-39 | 7,407 | 6,719 | 498 | 129 | 113 | 14 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.8 |
40-44 | 1,364 | 1,215 | 121 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
45+ | 57 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Unknown | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 0.0 |
Total | 87,697 | 76,753 | 9,421 | 1,214 | 932 | 274 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.9 |
SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, February 2002 |