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Table 8
Percent of Births by Live Birth Order, Age, and Race of Mother
Indiana, 1998
ALL RACES Total Live Birth Order
First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth + Unknown

Age of Mother:
10-14

0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-17 4.4 10.1 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2
18-19 9.2 17.0 6.2 2.3 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 5.3
20-24 28.2 31.4 30.5 24.6 18.6 12.2 8.4 1.7 0.7 16.5
25-29 29.1 25.6 31.8 32.4 30.0 30.3 26.0 22.4 6.2 34.6
30-34 19.5 11.2 22.2 26.8 29.5 31.3 32.1 37.5 26.6 22.7
35-39 7.9 3.5 7.1 11.9 17.9 20.4 26.6 27.5 39.4 15.6
40-44 1.4 0.7 1.0 1.7 3.1 5.5 6.2 9.8 24.2 2.2
45+ 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.8 2.9 0.6
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
 
WHITE Total Live Birth Order
First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth + Unknown
Age of Mother:
10-14
0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-17 3.8 8.9 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7
18-19 8.5 16.2 5.4 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 4.6
20-24 27.5 31.9 29.6 22.8 15.0 8.9 5.8 0.7 0.6 15.9
25-29 29.9 26.7 32.8 32.7 30.0 29.1 23.7 16.1 4.5 32.2
30-34 20.4 11.8 23.1 28.4 31.5 33.7 34.3 39.7 25.3 25.1
35-39 8.2 3.5 7.3 12.4 19.5 21.9 28.3 30.7 41.2 17.6
40-44 1.5 0.7 1.0 1.8 3.3 6.2 7.4 11.6 25.3 2.1
45+ 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.1 3.1 0.8
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
   
BLACK Total Live Birth Order
First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth + Unknown
Age of Mother:
10-14
0.8 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-17 9.5 21.6 4.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.9
18-19 15.3 25.2 14.8 7.1 2.7 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.0 11.8
20-24 35.0 30.1 41.4 39.1 39.3 26.0 18.4 4.8 1.7 23.5
25-29 21.7 12.6 22.6 29.8 30.1 35.4 35.5 42.2 16.9 35.3
30-34 11.2 5.3 11.7 14.5 17.9 21.3 24.3 31.3 35.6 5.9
35-39 5.4 2.5 4.1 7.7 8.2 14.1 18.4 15.7 25.4 14.7
40-44 1.1 0.5 0.9 1.1 1.6 2.2 2.0 4.8 18.6 2.9
45+ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0
Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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

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