INDIANA NATALITY REPORT - FINAL DATA |
Table 14 |
Low Birth Weight Infants by Race and Age of Mother: |
Indiana, 2001 |
Births | Low Birth Weight | Percent Low Birth Weight | |||||||
Age of Mother | All Races | White | Black | All Races | White | Black | All Races | White | Black |
10-14 | 133 | 79 | 51 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 15.7 |
15-17 | 3,032 | 2,295 | 707 | 288 | 191 | 94 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 13.3 |
18-19 | 7,048 | 5,767 | 1,210 | 586 | 427 | 152 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 12.6 |
20-24 | 24,969 | 21,155 | 3,550 | 1,961 | 1,492 | 443 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 12.5 |
25-29 | 24,535 | 21,877 | 2,215 | 1,691 | 1,369 | 286 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 12.9 |
30-34 | 17,813 | 16,193 | 1,137 | 1,194 | 1,039 | 126 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 11.1 |
35-39 | 7,212 | 6,451 | 548 | 659 | 554 | 96 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 17.5 |
40-44 | 1,329 | 1,195 | 109 | 147 | 122 | 23 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 21.1 |
45+ | 47 | 40 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 25.0 |
Unknown | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Total | 86,122 | 75,056 | 9,531 | 6,559 | 5,217 | 1,229 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 12.9 |
SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, March, 2003. |
The 2001 information is based on Final data. See Preface. |
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