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Table 15
Very Low Birth Weight Infants by Race and Age of Mother
Indiana, 1998
AGE OF
MOTHER
Births Very Low Birth Weight Percent Very Low
Total Race Total Race Total Race
White Black White Black White Black
10-14 168 91 76 8 4 3 4.8 4.4 3.9
15-17 3,752 2,836 873 86 63 23 2.3 2.2 2.6
18-19 7,810 6,326 1,406 128 93 35 1.6 1.5 2.5
20-24 23,946 20,473 3,221 319 237 80 1.3 1.2 2.5
25-29 24,750 22,218 2,002 313 240 67 1.3 1.1 3.3
30-34 16,602 15,207 1,035 218 182 32 1.3 1.2 3.1
35-39 6,760 6,087 500 110 79 26 1.6 1.3 5.2
40-44 1,207 1,083 100 23 16 6 1.9 1.5 6.0
45+ 48 43 3 1 1 0 2.1 2.3 0.0
Unknown 12 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 -
Total 85,055 74,374 9,216 1,206 915 272 1.4 1.2 3.0

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

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