1998 Indiana Natality-Table 28

Table 28 Births and Crude Birth Rates by Race of Mother Indiana Counties, 1998
COUNTY	BIRTHS				CRUDE RATES**
	Total	Race			Total	Race
	Total	White	Black	Other	Total	White	Black	Other
Adams	639	633	1	5	19.3	19.3	16.7*	31.3*
Allen	5,075	4,166	756	153	16.2	15.2	21.1	30.8
Bartholomew	1,063	1,016	20	27	15.3	15.1	15.7	25.5
Benton	123	123	0	0	12.6	12.7	0.0*	0.0*
Blackford	190	189	1	0	13.7	13.7	100.0*	0.0*
Boone	578	572	0	6	13.2	13.2	0.0*	23.1*
Brown	145	145	0	0	9.1	9.1	0.0*	0.0*
Carroll	264	260	0	4	13.2	13.0	0.0*	133.3*
Cass	569	557	7	5	14.7	14.7	20.0*	15.6*
Clark	1,295	1,198	82	15	13.8	13.7	14.3	18.8*
Clay	342	341	1	0	12.8	12.9	7.1*	0.0*
Clinton	495	488	0	7	14.9	14.8	0.0*	50.0*
Crawford	122	118	0	4	11.5	11.2	0.0*	100.0*
Daviess	412	407	1	4	14.2	14.1	7.1*	66.7*
Dearborn	647	642	3	2	13.7	13.8	8.6*	9.5*
Decatur	391	385	0	6	15.3	15.2	0.0*	27.3*
DeKalb	634	628	1	5	16.1	16.1	16.7*	19.2*
Delaware	1,482	1,313	154	15	12.7	12.2	19.3	12.6*
Dubois	535	532	0	3	13.5	13.5	0.0*	25.0*
Elkhart	2,996	2,737	216	43	17.4	17.0	24.3	20.3
Fayette	342	336	3	3	13.2	13.3	6.1*	21.4*
Floyd	853	798	44	11	11.8	11.7	13.1	28.2*
Fountain	255	252	0	3	13.9	13.8	0.0*	37.5*
Franklin	279	276	0	3	12.8	12.7	0.0*	37.5*
Fulton	264	261	1	2	12.8	12.9	5.6*	15.4*
Gibson	426	416	6	4	13.3	13.3	8.6*	20.0*
Grant	942	823	103	16	13.0	12.4	18.6	18.4*
Greene	374	371	0	3	11.2	11.1	0.0*	17.6*
Hamilton	2,754	2,665	29	60	16.9	16.8	24.4	21.1
Hancock	725	718	2	5	13.3	13.3	28.6*	12.8*
Harrison	459	458	0	1	13.2	13.3	0.0*	7.7*
Hendricks	1,187	1,172	5	10	12.5	12.5	7.1*	14.1*
Henry	610	598	7	5	12.5	12.5	12.5*	25.0*
Howard	1,159	1,056	80	23	13.9	13.6	15.5	25.3
Huntington	506	501	1	4	13.6	13.6	11.1*	10.8*
Jackson	589	584	1	4	14.4	14.4	5.6*	10.8*
Jasper	389	386	0	3	13.3	13.3	0.0*	21.4*
Jay	331	328	0	3	15.2	15.2	0.0*	21.4*
Jefferson	384	378	4	2	12.2	12.3	8.9*	8.3*
Jennings	419	414	0	5	15.1	15.1	0.0*	38.5*
Johnson	1,597	1,563	6	28	14.6	14.6	6.1*	24.3
Knox	475	457	9	9	12.1	11.9	17.0*	30.0*
Kosciusko	1,081	1,062	6	13	15.2	15.1	14.3*	20.3*
LaGrange	704	702	0	2	21.0	21.2	0.0*	8.3*
Lake	7,134	4,679	2,339	116	14.9	13.5	18.5	22.5
LaPorte	1,405	1,201	183	21	12.8	12.3	16.7	23.1
Lawrence	585	578	2	5	12.8	12.8	13.3*	22.7*
Madison	1,741	1,560	165	16	13.3	13.1	14.9	17.0*
Marion	13,917	9,837	3,755	325	17.1	16.2	19.4	25.2
Marshall	686	675	2	9	15.1	15.0	18.2*	25.7*
Martin	145	144	1	0	13.8	13.7	50.0*	0.0*
Miami	443	432	6	5	13.2	13.7	5.5*	6.1*
Monroe	1,264	1,157	46	61	11.0	10.7	13.7	15.3
Montgomery	468	462	5	1	12.9	12.9	21.7*	3.7*
Morgan	927	919	1	7	14.2	14.1	50.0*	21.9*
Newton	153	151	1	1	10.4	10.3	50.0*	12.5*
Noble	719	710	2	7	16.9	16.8	28.6*	28.0*
Ohio	59	59	0	0	10.9	11.0	0.0*	0.0*
Orange	235	234	1	0	12.0	12.1	7.1*	0.0*
Owen	221	219	1	1	10.8	10.8	14.3*	11.1*
Parke	183	182	0	1	10.9	11.1	0.0*	14.3*
Perry	207	206	0	1	10.7	10.8	0.0*	12.5*
Pike	164	163	0	1	12.7	12.7	0.0*	20.0*
Porter	1,736	1,693	22	21	11.9	11.8	37.3	11.5
Posey	283	275	7	1	10.7	10.5	20.6*	11.1*
Pulaski	185	177	2	6	14.0	13.5	25.0*	100.0*
Putnam	448	439	6	3	13.0	13.2	6.7*	8.8*
Randolph	361	359	0	2	13.1	13.1	0.0*	16.7*
Ripley	405	404	0	1	14.9	14.9	0.0*	9.1*
Rush	245	236	2	7	13.4	13.1	11.8*	77.8*
St. Joseph	3,983	3,243	647	93	15.4	14.4	22.7	20.3
Scott	290	290	0	0	12.6	12.7	0.0*	0.0*
Shelby	560	555	3	2	12.9	13.0	7.3*	6.7*
Spencer	265	263	1	1	12.7	12.7	7.7*	11.1*
Starke	306	303	0	3	12.8	12.8	0.0*	16.7*
Steuben	435	430	1	4	13.8	13.8	14.3*	14.8*
Sullivan	229	227	1	1	11.9	11.8	50.0*	16.7*
Switzerland	112	112	0	0	12.6	12.7	0.0*	0.0*
Tippecanoe	1,770	1,614	46	110	12.7	12.5	14.6	15.8
Tipton	202	201	0	1	12.1	12.1	0.0*	10.0*
Union	97	97	0	0	13.4	13.5	0.0*	0.0*
Vanderburgh	2,273	1,951	278	44	13.5	12.8	19.6	27.3
Vermillion	206	205	0	1	12.2	12.2	0.0*	12.5*
Vigo	1,406	1,301	79	26	13.4	13.4	12.3	13.8
Wabash	388	386	0	2	11.2	11.4	0.0*	4.4*
Warren	101	99	0	2	12.2	12.1	0.0*	50.0*
Warrick	618	604	6	8	12.0	11.9	12.2*	22.2*
Washington	350	349	1	0	12.5	12.6	25.0*	0.0*
Wayne	918	855	54	9	12.9	12.9	12.6	15.5*
Wells	344	343	0	1	12.8	12.8	0.0*	9.1*
White	357	348	0	9	14.1	13.8	0.0*	69.2*
Whitley	425	422	0	3	14.0	13.9	0.0*	21.4*
INDIANA	85,055	74,374	9,216	1,465	14.4	13.9	18.8	20.8
* Unstable rate, based on fewer than 20 births. ** Births per 1,000 population, see Appendix C for population counts. SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team