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Indiana Natality Report - 2009
Table 30. Age-Specific Birth Rates* by County of Residence and Age of Mother:
Indiana Counties, 2009

ALL RACES Age of Mother
County 10-14 15-17 18-19 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49
INDIANA
0.4   20.8   72.9   42.3   107.4   122.1   89.2   34.2   6.8   0.5  
Adams
**   9.8 U 55.1   28.7   182.0   223.8   146.4   57.6   11.3 U **  
Allen
**   24.0   74.9   45.0   129.3   132.4   96.7   39.3   8.3   0.5 U
Bartholomew
**   26.5   90.1   53.0   131.1   126.1   99.2   33.0   7.3 U **  
Benton
**   **   **   26.1 U 124.4   197.3   103.4   31.3 U **   **  
Blackford
**   23.9 U 102.3 U 56.2   136.2   143.4   80.7   19.5 U **   **  
Boone
**   7.1 U 32.2   17.6   107.3   171.5   125.3   46.0   7.1 U **  
Brown
**   23.8 U 77.8 U 46.3   136.1   128.5   66.2   49.4   **   **  
Carroll
**   **   39.9 U 22.7 U 119.5   165.9   88.8   29.2   **   **  
Cass
**   19.9 U 98.6   52.5   172.6   143.7   86.5   29.8   7.3 U **  
Clark
**   25.1   104.3   57.8   131.8   123.3   74.5   29.4   4.7 U **  
Clay
**   26.9 U 69.7   44.8   147.3   126.7   49.5   11.4 U **   **  
Clinton
**   33.9   72.9   50.0   174.8   135.1   78.9   38.5   4.6 U **  
Crawford
**   **   100.0 U 49.7 U 169.2   95.1   72.9   **   **   **  
Daviess
**   18.4 U 88.6   47.7   184.9   174.3   110.0   28.7   12.5 U **  
Dearborn
**   9.1 U 56.1   28.7   91.8   79.7   42.2   11.1 U 5.4 U **  
Decatur
**   23.0 U 58.7   37.9   137.0   136.2   80.9   31.9   **   **  
DeKalb
**   14.4 U 90.0   46.0   163.9   129.6   76.8   32.0   4.4 U **  
Delaware
**   14.6   49.7   29.1   47.9   106.0   119.1   28.5   3.3 U **  
Dubois
**   13.1 U 62.1   33.4   104.1   197.7   113.3   34.0   6.9 U **  
Elkhart
**   30.8   95.9   57.7   150.6   143.4   95.2   34.6   7.5   **  
Fayette
**   52.0   141.5   89.5   126.2   90.8   53.7   22.5 U **   **  
Floyd
**   17.4   68.9   38.7   95.3   101.9   81.6   31.8   3.7 U **  
Fountain
**   26.0 U 123.3   66.4   173.0   190.0   71.3   17.9 U **   **  
Franklin
**   **   31.6 U 15.6 U 64.6   85.5   40.2   14.4 U **   **  
Fulton
**   23.2 U 123.6   64.9   198.1   139.3   77.7   14.0 U **   **  
Gibson
**   20.4 U 81.3   45.7   139.1   144.4   71.5   29.3   **   **  
Grant
**   21.5   76.0   44.1   97.5   135.6   66.7   20.6   4.4 U **  
Greene
**   19.1 U 121.4   61.7   149.3   124.6   63.0   17.4 U **   **  
Hamilton
**   5.9   23.2   13.1   57.9   143.7   137.7   52.6   11.6   0.7 U
Hancock
**   17.0   47.8   29.8   101.3   166.2   121.2   34.8   2.6 U **  
Harrison
**   17.8 U 84.9   45.8   127.7   105.5   69.2   32.8   **   **  
Hendricks
**   15.1   35.7   23.7   90.5   141.4   110.5   32.3   5.1   **  
Henry
**   29.5   79.5   50.3   152.2   117.0   77.2   28.5   3.6 U **  
Howard
**   23.9   92.2   52.2   142.8   114.7   65.7   25.5   3.8 U **  
Huntington
**   10.0 U 52.4   27.6   100.3   133.7   92.2   16.9 U 4.2 U **  
Jackson
**   28.3   106.3   60.7   154.9   123.5   74.5   17.0   **   **  
Jasper
**   13.8 U 62.5   34.0   131.7   156.6   80.0   19.8   **   **  
Jay
**   28.2 U 99.7   57.9   186.4   133.7   98.9   39.9   9.8 U **  
Jefferson
**   13.8 U 73.9   38.8   116.4   124.9   70.5   41.6   **   **  
Jennings
**   27.4 U 146.3   76.9   176.3   94.5   53.7   16.6 U **   **  
Johnson
**   19.3   63.6   37.7   100.1   125.5   98.0   30.0   6.0   **  
Knox
**   21.9 U 63.4   39.1   108.2   101.3   62.9   21.1   **   **  
Kosciusko
**   21.0   73.6   42.9   143.1   121.8   88.1   26.8   8.3   **  
LaGrange
**   7.9 U 51.5   26.0   204.1   171.7   134.1   67.3   22.6   **  
Lake
0.6 U 24.6   77.8   46.3   120.7   123.7   89.8   37.2   7.8   0.6 U
LaPorte
**   30.3   90.8   55.3   140.6   126.8   76.4   37.8   8.5   **  
Lawrence
**   24.8   99.0   55.7   155.3   115.0   63.2   17.2   **   **  
Madison
1.2 U 21.9   85.0   48.0   139.2   128.8   71.9   25.3   2.6 U **  
Marion
0.8   32.3   110.1   64.0   138.6   111.4   84.5   42.2   9.1   0.8  
Marshall
**   23.2   65.5   40.7   131.8   131.6   119.8   30.7   7.0 U **  
Martin
**   28.4 U 78.7 U 49.5 U 149.6   171.8   78.5 U 31.1 U **   **  
Miami
**   27.3 U 91.7   54.1   150.7   139.8   69.9   22.2   6.3 U **  
Monroe
**   5.0   20.1   11.3   21.8   71.1   104.1   39.1   8.5   **  
Montgomery
**   24.5 U 104.8   57.9   169.7   150.8   84.3   26.5   4.0 U **  
Morgan
**   12.6 U 80.0   40.7   133.2   124.2   78.2   22.9   4.1 U **  
Newton
**   **   78.9 U 41.4 U 117.8   110.8   82.6   11.1 U **   **  
Noble
**   17.5 U 76.9   42.2   176.5   127.5   65.2   31.5   4.5 U **  
Ohio
**   **   **   **   133.3   78.3 U 46.0 U **   **   **  
Orange
**   13.2 U 96.3   47.7   160.4   130.7   59.2   17.0 U 7.5 U **  
Owen
**   20.4 U 99.0   53.1   138.1   86.0   58.6   23.4 U 6.2 U **  
Parke
**   **   95.2   43.4   101.9   105.3   38.0   24.3 U 11.2 U **  
Perry
**   **   104.8   51.6   126.6   142.3   69.4   30.2 U **   **  
Pike
**   22.0 U 111.1 U 59.1   159.6   130.0   87.1   17.0 U **   **  
Porter
**   10.0   38.2   21.7   80.3   107.2   90.9   31.2   6.5   **  
Posey
**   15.4 U 34.9 U 23.5   107.6   160.7   83.1   30.6   8.5 U **  
Pulaski
**   24.3 U 73.5 U 44.7   150.4   153.6   84.5   34.9 U **   **  
Putnam
**   18.2 U 57.8   34.6   89.6   132.8   75.0   20.4   7.0 U **  
Randolph
**   18.3 U 105.7   54.6   167.7   122.4   66.5   20.0 U **   **  
Ripley
**   19.5 U 64.4   38.3   150.5   137.6   97.8   29.9   7.3 U **  
Rush
**   **   47.0 U 26.7 U 116.6   121.4   83.5   17.2 U **   **  
St. Joseph
0.6 U 19.2   57.6   35.1   95.4   115.0   84.7   37.9   8.4   **  
Scott
**   20.5 U 140.1   70.5   171.5   90.2   47.7   20.2 U **   **  
Shelby
**   15.7 U 72.9   39.5   123.1   115.0   79.6   23.7   **   **  
Spencer
**   17.6 U 59.9 U 35.2   112.3   161.5   78.7   23.1 U **   **  
Starke
**   21.4 U 92.8   51.1   130.1   135.4   60.7   23.9 U **   **  
Steuben
**   18.3 U 77.3   42.9   124.0   103.5   68.2   22.3   **   **  
Sullivan
**   28.9 U 81.3   50.7   153.3   96.2   51.0   23.3 U **   **  
Switzerland
**   37.8 U 67.2 U 50.2 U 125.5   133.3   79.2   52.6 U 14.2 U **  
Tippecanoe
**   13.8   42.2   25.6   37.2   117.0   145.1   44.9   10.8   **  
Tipton
**   29.2 U 45.9 U 36.1 U 104.9   78.0   56.9 U 22.7 U **   **  
Union
**   **   **   24.4 U 63.2 U 64.4 U **   **   **   **  
Vanderburgh
**   21.4   63.2   38.7   103.8   97.6   69.8   36.4   6.1   **  
Vermillion
**   **   130.7   62.9   171.5   111.1   92.4   16.4 U **   **  
Vigo
**   25.1   70.8   44.0   67.3   114.9   95.2   23.9   4.9 U **  
Wabash
**   11.2 U 64.8   33.6   125.8   112.5   69.0   17.0 U 9.8 U **  
Warren
**   **   78.3 U 43.5 U 172.4   135.1   70.8 U **   **   **  
Warrick
**   9.7 U 49.3   26.2   90.2   153.9   113.2   36.3   3.2 U **  
Washington
**   30.7 U 64.3   44.7   137.8   105.0   71.5   17.1 U 8.5 U **  
Wayne
**   25.4   101.4   57.0   133.9   126.9   75.6   29.5   5.0 U **  
Wells
**   15.9 U 64.2   36.0   128.8   155.2   84.5   18.5 U **   **  
White
**   35.3 U 102.6   63.3   165.8   177.2   90.6   35.1   14.1 U **  
Whitley
**   14.1 U 72.7   38.5   131.5   167.0   76.6   25.6   7.4 U **  

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team.
U = Unstable rate due to fewer than 20, but more than 4 births. See Glossary of Terms for more details.
* Live births per 1,000 women in specified age group, see Appendix Table B3 for population counts.
** Rates have been suppressed when there are fewer than 5, including 0, births in that age group. See Glossary of Terms for more details.
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