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TABLE 14
Low Birth Weight Infants by Race and Age of Mother:
Indiana, 2000

  Births Low Birth Weight Percent Low Birth Weight
Age of Mother All Races White Black All Races White Black All Races White Black
10-14 127 72 53 18 10 8 14.2 13.9 15.1
15-17 3,357 2,585 727 321 219 94 9.6 8.5 12.9
18-19 7,484 6,136 1,288 667 494 168 8.9 8.1 13.0
20-24 25,442 21,700 3,430 1,867 1,420 426 7.3 6.5 12.4
25-29 25,094 22,486 2,164 1,688 1,416 247 6.7 6.3 11.4
30-34 17,351 15,778 1,139 1,113 932 152 6.4 5.9 13.3
35-39 7,407 6,719 498 643 552 74 8.7 8.2 14.9
40-44 1,364 1,215 121 117 94 22 8.6 7.7 18.2
45+ 57 50 1 9 7 1 15.8 14.0 100.0
Unknown 14 12 0 1 1 0 7.1 8.3 0.0
Total 87,697 76,753 9,421 6,444 5,145 1,192 7.3 6.7 12.7

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, February 2002

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