| Table 14 Low Birth Weight Infants by Race and Age of Mother Indiana, 1998 |
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| AGE OF MOTHER |
Births | Low Birth Weight | Percent Low Birth Weight | ||||||
| Total | Race | Total | Race | Total | Race | ||||
| White | Black | White | Black | White | Black | ||||
| 10-14 | 168 | 91 | 76 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 14.5 |
| 15-17 | 3,752 | 2,836 | 873 | 439 | 304 | 131 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 15.0 |
| 18-19 | 7,810 | 6,326 | 1,406 | 754 | 570 | 177 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 12.6 |
| 20-24 | 23,946 | 20,473 | 3,221 | 1,882 | 1,474 | 388 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 12.0 |
| 25-29 | 24,750 | 22,218 | 2,002 | 1,716 | 1,423 | 261 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 13.0 |
| 30-34 | 16,602 | 15,207 | 1,035 | 1,216 | 1,039 | 148 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 14.3 |
| 35-39 | 6,760 | 6,087 | 500 | 585 | 460 | 108 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 21.6 |
| 40-44 | 1,207 | 1,083 | 100 | 129 | 104 | 22 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 22.0 |
| 45+ | 48 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Unknown | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 10.0 | - |
| Total | 85,055 | 74,374 | 9,216 | 6,751 | 5,392 | 1,246 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 13.5 |
SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team |
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