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Very Low Birth Weight*, All Races, Indiana, 1991-2000
(Counties with 20 or More Infants with Very Low Birth Weights)
RANK COUNTY PERCENT RANK COUNTY PERCENT
1 Lake 1.7 43 Johnson 1.2
2 Marion 1.7 44 Franklin 1.2
3 Vigo 1.5 45 Tipton 1.2
4 Pike 1.5 46 Morgan 1.2
5 Vermillion 1.5 47 Knox 1.2
6 LaPorte 1.5 48 Putnam 1.2
7 Starke 1.5 49 Shelby 1.2
8 Wayne 1.4 50 Dearborn 1.2
9 Vanderburgh 1.4 51 Randolph 1.2
10 Orange 1.4 52 Adams 1.1
11 Allen 1.4 53 Dubois 1.1
12 Howard 1.4 54 Warrick 1.1
13 Clark 1.4 55 Fountain 1.1
14 White 1.4 56 Hamilton 1.1
15 St. Joseph 1.4 57 Rush 1.1
16 Tippecanoe 1.4 58 Greene 1.1
17 Madison 1.4 59 Kosciusko 1.1
18 Blackford 1.3 60 Clay 1.1
19 Scott 1.3 61 Jennings 1.1
20 Brown 1.3 62 Miami 1.1
21 Pulaski 1.3 63 Jay 1.1
22 Sullivan 1.3 64 Porter 1.1
23 Jackson 1.3 65 Hancock 1.1
24 Montgomery 1.3 66 Daviess 1.0
25 Elkhart 1.3 67 Jefferson 1.0
26 Spencer 1.3 68 Fayette 1.0
27 Grant 1.3 69 Henry 1.0
28 Delaware 1.3 70 Posey 1.0
29 Fulton 1.3 71 Hendricks 1.0
30 Gibson 1.3 72 Cass 1.0
31 Floyd 1.3 73 Bartholomew 1.0
32 Lawrence 1.3 74 Jasper 1.0
33 Decatur 1.3 75 DeKalb 1.0
34 Perry 1.3 76 Wabash 0.9
35 Marshall 1.3 77 Owen 0.9
36 Monroe 1.2 78 Ripley 0.9
37 Steuben 1.2 79 Whitley 0.9
38 Huntington 1.2 80 Washington 0.8
39 Parke 1.2 81 Carroll 0.8
40 Noble 1.2 82 Harrison 0.8
41 Clinton 1.2 83 Wells 0.8
42 Boone 1.2 84 LaGrange 0.8
  Indiana 1.3
* Birth weight less than 1,500 grams.
Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Data Analysis Team