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INDIANA NATALITY REPORT - FINAL DATA
TABLE 38 - INDIANA RESIDENTS
Indiana Births and Outcome Indicators by Race and Ethnicity of Mother;
Indiana, 2002

All Races / Ethnicities   Race   Ethnicity
Total Births Total   White Black   Non-Hispanic Hispanic
Total Indiana Births 84,839   74,013 9,243   78,346 6,145

 
All Races / Ethnicities   Race   Ethnicity
Outcomes Total   White Black   Non-Hispanic Hispanic
Low Birth Weight 6,445   5,123 1,196   6,041 386
Very Low Birth Weight 1,178   914 243   1,101 75
Preterm* 7,989   6,695 1,156   7,479 473
PNC** First Trimester 68,330   60,755 6,340   64,155 3,926
Used Alcohol During Pregnancy 633   490 137   603 30
Smoked During Pregnancy 16,210   14,698 1,402   15,864 260
Unmarried Parents 31,004   23,630 7,073   27,814 3,056
Mothers Under 20 Years Old 9,701   7,773 1,842   8,802 857

 
All Races / Ethnicities   Race   Ethnicity
Outcomes as a Percent of Births Total   White Black   Non-Hispanic Hispanic
% Low Birth Weight 7.6   6.9 12.9   7.7 6.3
% Very Low Birth Weight 1.4   1.2 2.6   1.4 1.2
% Preterm* 9.4   9.0 12.5   9.5 7.7
% PNC** First Trimester 80.5   82.1 68.6   81.9 63.9
% Used Alcohol During Pregnancy 0.7   0.7 1.5   0.8 0.5
% Smoked During Pregnancy 19.1   19.9 15.2   20.2 4.2
% Unmarried Parents 36.5   31.9 76.5   35.5 49.7
% Mothers Under 20 Years Old 11.4   10.5 19.9   11.2 13.9

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.
* Preterm: less than 37 weeks gestation.
** PNC: Prenatal Care.
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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