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Table 15 - Number and Percent of Very Low Birthweight Infants (under 1,500 Grams) by Age and Race/Ethnicity of Mother: Indiana Counties, 2017

Indiana Natality Report - 2017

Table 15. Number and Percent of Very Low Birthweight Infants (under 1,500 Grams) by Age and Race/Ethnicity of Mother:

Indiana Residents, 2017

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  Live Births Very Low Birthweight Infants Percent Very Low Birthweight Infants
Age of Mother Total White Black Total White Black Total White Black
Total 82,251 66,773 10,791 1,167 796 307 1.4 1.2 2.8
Under 15 58 40 13 1 0 0 1.7 0.0 0.0
15-17 1,191 877 265 28 21 6 2.4 2.4 2.3
18-19 3,903 2,988 752 81 50 24 2.1 1.7 3.2
20-24 19,608 15,378 3,390 292 197 86 1.5 1.3 2.5
25-29 26,378 21,757 3,260 334 218 102 1.3 1.0 3.1
30-34 20,865 17,479 2,005 283 204 59 1.4 1.2 2.9
35-39 8,579 6,966 901 125 92 22 1.5 1.3 2.4
40-44 1,555 1,205 187 17 12 4 1.1 1.0 2.1
45+ 109 80 18 6 2 4 5.5 2.5 22.2
Unknown 5 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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  Live Births Very Low Birthweight Infants Percent Very Low Birthweight Infants
Age of Mother Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic
Total 82,251 7,671 74,539 1,167 84 1,082 1.4 1.1 1.5
Under 15 58 8 47 1 0 1 1.7 0.0 2.1
15-17 1,191 207 983 28 3 25 2.4 1.4 2.5
18-19 3,903 519 3,383 81 8 73 2.1 1.5 2.2
20-24 19,608 2,025 17,573 292 18 274 1.5 0.9 1.6
25-29 26,378 2,050 24,321 334 17 317 1.3 0.8 1.3
30-34 20,865 1,582 19,274 283 16 267 1.4 1.0 1.4
35-39 8,579 1,019 7,556 125 17 107 1.5 1.7 1.4
40-44 1,555 249 1,301 17 5 12 1.1 2.0 0.9
45+ 109 11 98 6 0 6 5.5 0.0 6.1
Unknown 5 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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

Percentages are calculated using total live births in each age of mother category.
Please see Table 39 for the number and percentage of missing age of mother and very low birthweight infants data.

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This table was run on September 12, 2018.

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