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Table 15
Very Low Birth Weight Infants by Race and Age of Mother:
Indiana, 1999
AGE OF MOTHER Births Very Low Birth Weight Percent Very Low
Total Race Total Race Total Race
White Black White Black White Black
10-14 165 88 74 6 2 4 3.6 2.3 5.4
15-17 3,528 2,684 798 73 44 28 2.1 1.6 3.5
18-19 7,608 6,173 1,349 152 98 53 2.0 1.6 3.9
20-24 24,264 20,707 3,303 343 256 80 1.4 1.2 2.4
25-29 24,833 22,315 2,034 313 256 55 1.3 1.1 2.7
30-34 16,794 15,313 1,075 229 193 31 1.4 1.3 2.9
35-39 7,029 6,377 499 114 87 25 1.6 1.4 5.0
40-44 1,183 1,054 105 22 17 5 1.9 1.6 4.8
45+ 55 50 4 3 3 0 5.5 6.0 0.0
Unknown 30 26 3 2 0 2 6.7 0.0 66.7
Total 85,489 74,787 9,244 1,257 956 283 1.5 1.3 3.1
SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team

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