INDIANA NATALITY REPORT

2001

Highlights

• In 2001, 86,122 infants were born to Indiana residents. The number of births represents a decrease from 2000 (87,697).  Until this year, births had been on an increase since 1994.  For additional details, see Table 1.
  
  
• Of the 86,122 infants of Indiana residents in 2001, 83,330 were single births, 2,545 were twins, 237 were triplets, and 8 were quadruplets. (NOTE: See definition of "multiple births" in the glossary).
  
  
• During 2001, 44,155 (51.3%) of the infants were male and 41,964 (48.7%) were female, resulting in a sex ratio of 1,052 males per every 1,000 females.  For details, see Table 1.
  
  
• In 2001, there were 10,213 live births to mothers under 20 years of age – 11.9% of the total number of live births. Of these, 8,141 were born to white women under age 20 (10.8% of the white births) and 1,968 were born to black women under age 20 (20.6% of the black births).  For details, see Table 2.
  
  
• For a large majority of births, both the mother and the father were white (76.6%). Both the mother and father were black for 6.6% of births. For 12.5% of births, the race of the father was not reported.  For details, see Table 10.
  
  
• The age-specific birth rate for women age 15-19 was lower in 2001 (45.7) than in 2000 (49.1) For details, see Table 13. For by county details, see Table 30.
  
  
• The 2001 general fertility rate (GFR) was 65.0 births per 1,000 women age 15-44 years old compared to a 2000 GFR of 66.2 per 1,000 women 15-44 years old.  For details, see Table 13. For by county details, see Table 31.
  
  
• In 2001, the total fertility rate (TFR) was 2,039 for all races combined. This rate is 2.9% below the theoretical replacement level rate of 2,100. The TFRs for white and black women were 2,083 and 2,344 respectively.  For details, see Table 13. 
  
  
• The proportion of live-born infants classified as low birth weight (LBW; less than 2,500 grams or 5 lb. 8 oz) increased from 6.7% in 1991 to 7.6% in 2001. Infants born to black mothers were almost twice as likely to be LBW (12.9%) as infants born to white mothers (7.0%).  For details, see Table 6 and Table 14.
  
  
• Approximately 1.4% of all live-born infants were classified as very low birth weight (VLBW; less than 1,500 grams or 3 lb. 5 oz). Infants born to black mothers were more than twice as likely to weigh less than 1,500 grams (2.9%) than were infants born to white mothers (1.2%).  For details, see Table 15.
  
  
• In Indiana, about one fifth (20.2%) of women who gave birth in 2001 reported smoking during their pregnancy, compared with only 12.0% nationwide in 2001. White mothers (21.0%) were more likely than black mothers (15.6%) to report smoking during pregnancy.  For details, see Table 20 and Table 21.
  
  
• Statewide, 78.8% of mothers began prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy. White mothers were more likely to have early prenatal care (80.4%) than were black mothers (66.7%).  For details, see Table 24.
  
  
• Slightly over one-third (35.6%) of all live births in Indiana in 2001 were to unmarried parents. Significantly more black mothers (75.8%) than white mothers (30.9%) were not married to the infant’s father at the time of the birth.  For details, see Table 25.

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