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INDIANA NATALITY REPORT - REVISED DATA
TABLE 38 - INDIANA RESIDENTS
Indiana Births and Outcome Indicators by Race and Ethnicity of Mother;
Indiana, 2001

All Races / Ethnicities   Race   Ethnicity
Total Births Total   White Black   Non-Hispanic Hispanic
Total Indiana Births 86,122   75,056 9,531   79,883 5,865

 
All Races / Ethnicities   Race   Ethnicity
Outcomes Total   White Black   Non-Hispanic Hispanic
Low Birth Weight 6,559   5,217 1,229   6,156 381
Very Low Birth Weight 1,227   930 277   1,142 82
Preterm* 7,815   6,533 1,176   7,307 476
PNC** First Trimester 68,709   61,099 6,440   64,811 3,628
Used Alcohol During Pregnancy 609   484 119   580 21
Smoked During Pregnancy 17,380   15,789 1,483   16,995 262
Unmarried Parents 30,695   23,169 7,225   27,729 2,808
Mothers Under 20 Years Old 10,213   8,141 1,968   9,304 836

 
All Races / Ethnicities   Race   Ethnicity
Outcomes as a Percent of Births Total   White Black   Non-Hispanic Hispanic
% Low Birth Weight 7.6   7.0 12.9   7.7 6.5
% Very Low Birth Weight 1.4   1.2 2.9   1.4 1.4
% Preterm* 9.1   8.7 12.3   9.1 8.1
% PNC** First Trimester 79.8   81.4 67.6   81.1 61.9
% Used Alcohol During Pregnancy 0.7   0.6 1.2   0.7 0.4
% Smoked During Pregnancy 20.2   21.0 15.6   21.3 4.5
% Unmarried Parents 35.6   30.9 75.8   34.7 47.9
% Mothers Under 20 Years Old 11.9   10.8 20.6   11.6 14.3

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, March, 2003.
The 2001 information is based on Final data. See Preface.
* Preterm: less than 37 weeks gestation.
‡ PNC: Prenatal Care. For 2001, the source for the beginning month of Prenatal Care has changed. See
Preface..
Percentages are calculated using total births for each outcome race/ethnicity category. Please see Table
39 for the number and percentage of missing outcomes.
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