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LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, ALL RACES, 
INDIANA, 1989-1998
Rank County Percent Rank County Percent
1 Marion 8.7 47 Monroe 6.4
2 Lake 8.4 48 Brown 6.4
3 Scott 8.3 49 Randolph 6.4
4 Madison 8.1 50 Miami 6.3
5 Crawford 8.0 51 Lawrence 6.3
6 Grant 7.8 52 White 6.3
7 Clark 7.7 53 Tipton 6.3
8 Fayette 7.6 54 Marshall 6.3
9 Vigo 7.4 55 Clinton 6.3
10 Allen 7.4 56 Washington 6.3
11 St. Joseph 7.3 57 Dearborn 6.2
12 Greene 7.3 58 Jackson 6.2
13 Jefferson 7.2 59 Ohio 6.2
14 Vanderburgh 7.2 60 Martin 6.2
15 Blackford 7.2 61 Ripley 6.1
16 Jennings 7.2 62 Putnam 6.1
17 Delaware 7.1 63 Boone 6.1
18 Decatur 7.1 64 Hancock 6.1
19 Howard 7.1 65 Owen 6.0
20 Wayne 7.1 66 Kosciusko 6.0
21 Knox 7.0 67 Jasper 5.9
22 Steuben 7.0 68 Fulton 5.9
23 Floyd 7.0 69 Rush 5.9
24 Harrison 7.0 70 Daviess 5.9
25 LaPorte 6.9 71 Hamilton 5.9
26 Morgan 6.9 72 Henry 5.9
27 Orange 6.8 73 Tippecanoe 5.9
28 Shelby 6.8 74 Warrick 5.8
29 Vermillion 6.7 75 DeKalb 5.8
30 Switzerland 6.7 76 Porter 5.8
31 Elkhart 6.7 77 Whitley 5.7
32 Starke 6.6 78 Dubois 5.6
33 Gibson 6.6 79 Posey 5.6
34 Cass 6.6 80 Benton 5.5
35 Fountain 6.6 81 Jay 5.5
36 Noble 6.6 82 Pulaski 5.4
37 Huntington 6.5 83 Hendricks 5.3
38 Spencer 6.5 84 Warren 5.3
39 Clay 6.5 85 Newton 5.3
40 Parke 6.5 86 Union 5.2
41 Franklin 6.5 87 Adams 5.2
42 Montgomery 6.5 88 Wells 5.2
43 Pike 6.4 89 Perry 5.1
44 Bartholomew 6.4 90 Wabash 4.9
45 Johnson 6.4 91 LaGrange 4.7
46 Sullivan 6.4 92 Carroll 4.6
    Indiana 7.1

Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Data Analysis Team

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