Table 14 - Number and Percent of Low Birthweight Infants (under 2,500 Grams) by Age and Race/Ethnicity of Mother: Indiana Counties, 2017

Indiana Natality Report - 2017

Table 14. Number and Percent of Low Birthweight Infants (under 2,500 Grams) by Age and Race/Ethnicity of Mother:

Indiana Residents, 2017

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	Live Births			Low Birthweight Infants			Percent Low Birthweight Infants
Age of Mother	Total	White	Black	Total	White	Black	Total	White	Black
Total	82,251	66,773	10,791	6,811	5,009	1,460	8.3	7.5	13.5
Under 15	58	40	13	8	4	3	13.8	10.0	23.1
15-17	1,191	877	265	128	89	36	10.7	10.1	13.6
18-19	3,903	2,988	752	413	277	108	10.6	9.3	14.4
20-24	19,608	15,378	3,390	1,658	1,156	448	8.5	7.5	13.2
25-29	26,378	21,757	3,260	2,007	1,512	417	7.6	6.9	12.8
30-34	20,865	17,479	2,005	1,624	1,242	270	7.8	7.1	13.5
35-39	8,579	6,966	901	797	595	147	9.3	8.5	16.3
40-44	1,555	1,205	187	149	115	24	9.6	9.5	12.8
45+	109	80	18	27	19	7	24.8	23.8	38.9
Unknown	5	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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	Live Births			Low Birthweight Infants			Percent Low Birthweight Infants
Age of Mother	Total	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic	Total	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic	Total	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic
Total	82,251	7,671	74,539	6,811	530	6,278	8.3	6.9	8.4
Under 15	58	8	47	8	1	7	13.8	12.5	14.9
15-17	1,191	207	983	128	16	112	10.7	7.7	11.4
18-19	3,903	519	3,383	413	43	370	10.6	8.3	10.9
20-24	19,608	2,025	17,573	1,658	118	1,540	8.5	5.8	8.8
25-29	26,378	2,050	24,321	2,007	129	1,878	7.6	6.3	7.7
30-34	20,865	1,582	19,274	1,624	107	1,516	7.8	6.8	7.9
35-39	8,579	1,019	7,556	797	92	704	9.3	9.0	9.3
40-44	1,555	249	1,301	149	22	126	9.6	8.8	9.7
45+	109	11	98	27	2	25	24.8	18.2	25.5
Unknown	5	1	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Percentages are calculated using total live births in each age of mother category.
Please see Table 39 for the number and percentage of missing age of mother and low birthweight infants data.

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This table was run on September 11, 2018.