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INDIANA NATALITY REPORT - FINAL DATA
Table 15 - INDIANA RESIDENTS
Very Low Birth Weight (Under 1500 Grams) Infants by Race and Age of Mother:
Indiana, 2002

  Births Very Low Birth Weight Infants Percent Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Age of Mother All Races White Black All Races White Black All Races White Black
10-14 131 72 58 4 3 1 3.1 4.2 1.7
15-17 2,931 2,240 655 74 45 28 2.5 2.0 4.3
18-19 6,639 5,461 1,129 94 70 23 1.4 1.3 2.0
20-24 24,731 21,039 3,430 348 272 72 1.4 1.3 2.1
25-29 24,101 21,456 2,133 329 252 68 1.4 1.2 3.2
30-34 17,615 15,954 1,190 216 182 31 1.2 1.1 2.6
35-39 7,240 6,534 514 76 56 17 1.0 0.9 3.3
40-44 1,397 1,216 124 32 31 1 2.3 2.5 0.8
45+ 46 35 10 5 3 2 10.9 8.6 20.0
Unknown 8 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 -
Total 84,839 74,013 9,243 1,178 914 243 1.4 1.2 2.6

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, March 3, 2004.
The 2002 information is based on Final data. See Preface.
Percentages are calculated using total births in each age group or age group/race category. Please see Table
39 for the number and percentage of missing Birth Weights.
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