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Table 34
Number of Births by Race of Mother and Crude Birth Rate
Indiana Cities, 1998
CITY BIRTHS CRUDE RATE*
Total Race
White Black Other
Anderson 942 771 160 11 16.1
Bloomington 779 682 43 54 12.0
Carmel 742 712 11 19 17.6
Columbus 685 643 18 24 21.2
East Chicago 636 400 234 2 20.6
Elkhart 1,156 940 196 20 26.5
Evansville 1,987 1,669 275 43 16.2
Fort Wayne 3,764 2,890 739 135 20.3
Gary 2,014 329 1,671 14 18.6
Greenwood 642 624 1 17 19.2
Hammond 1,259 964 278 17 16.1
Indianapolis 13,453 9,408 3,732 313 18.1
Kokomo 876 778 77 21 19.4
Lafayette 977 919 30 28 21.9
Lawrence 32 21 11 0 0.9
Marion 538 430 98 10 18.7
Merrillville 400 287 101 12 13.1
Michigan City 567 385 172 10 17.4
Mishawaka 756 705 30 21 16.7
Muncie 1,057 900 146 11 15.7
New Albany 586 536 40 10 15.3
Portage 466 454 8 4 14.1
Richmond 615 553 53 9 16.6
South Bend 2,131 1,485 602 44 21.4
Terre Haute 953 854 78 21 17.9
West Lafayette 317 226 16 75 11.3
 
Total, Large Cities 38,330 28,565 8,820 945 17.7
 
INDIANA 85,055 74,374 9,216 1,465 14.4

* Rate is based on 1998 population estimates

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

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