| 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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| This table was run on March 4, 2004. |