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TABLE 34
Number of Births by Race of Mother
and Crude Birth Rate: Indiana Counties, 2000

  Births POPULATION Crude Rate*
CITY All Races White Black Other All Races All Races
Anderson 898 746 137 15 59,734 15.0
Bloomington 751 651 44 56 69,291 10.8
Carmel 872 821 12 39 37,733 23.1
Columbus 718 657 20 41 39,059 18.4
East Chicago 629 398 230 1 32,414 19.4
Elkhart 1,233 1,024 189 20 51,874 23.8
Evansville 1,917 1,593 279 45 121,582 15.8
Fishers 861 810 17 34 37,835 22.8
Fort Wayne 3,854 3,006 731 117 205,727 18.7
Gary 1,855 294 1,556 5 102,746 18.1
Goshen 550 533 6 11 29,383 18.7
Greenwood 700 677 7 16 36,037 19.4
Hammond 1,341 1,063 265 13 83,048 16.1
Hobart 377 364 8 5 25,363 14.9
Indianapolis 14,172 9,822 3,995 355 781,870 18.1
Jeffersonville 524 435 85 4 27,362 19.2
Kokomo 887 790 77 20 46,113 19.2
Lafayette 1,081 1,033 28 20 56,397 19.2
Marion 503 417 84 2 31,320 16.1
Merrillville 388 260 119 9 30,560 12.7
Michigan City 569 376 179 14 32,900 17.3
Mishawaka 725 671 30 24 46,557 15.6
Muncie 961 812 141 8 67,430 14.3
New Albany 599 538 51 10 37,603 15.9
Noblesville 697 691 0 6 28,590 24.4
Portage 474 456 12 6 33,496 14.2
Richmond 594 540 48 6 39,124 15.2
South Bend 2,077 1,463 566 48 107,789 19.3
Terre Haute 921 820 83 18 59,614 15.4
Valparaiso 550 530 8 12 27,428 20.1
West Lafayette 311 215 9 87 28,778 10.8
Total of Large Cities 42,589 32,506 9,016 1,067 2,414,757 17.6
 
Summary of Population Groups

Total of Large Cities 42,589 32,506 9,016 1,067 2,414,757 17.6
Balance of State 45,108 44,247 405 456 3,665,728 12.3
Total Indiana 87,697 76,753 9,421 1,523 6,080,485 14.4

* Rate is per 1,000 population, 2000 estimates
SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, February 2002

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