Data and Statistics Index Page
- In 2003, 86,382 infants were born to Indiana residents. The number of births represents an increase from 2002 (84,839). This is the first year that the number of births has increased from the previous year since 2000. For details, see Table 1.
- Of the 86,382 infants born to Indiana residents in 2003, 83,469 were single births, 2,681 were twins, 220 were triplets, 8 were quadruplets, and 3 were quintuplets. (NOTE: See definition of "multiple births" in the glossary).
- During 2003, 44,371 (51.4%) of the infants were male and 42,007 (48.6%) were female, resulting in a sex ratio of 1,056 males per every 1,000 females. For details, see Table 1.
- In 2003, there were 9,498 live births to mothers under 20 years of age–11.0% of the total number of live births. Of these, 7,573 were born to white women under age 20 (10.0% of the white births) and 1,837 were born to black women under age 20 (19.8% of the black births). For full age-group details, see Table 2 and Table 3.
- For a large majority of births, both the mother and the father were white (76.2%). Both the mother and father were black for 6.3% of births. For 13.0% of births, the race of the father was not reported. For details, see Table 10.
- The age-specific birth rate for women ages 15-19 was lower in 2003 (43.4) than in 2002 (44.5) For details, see Table 13. For by-county details, see Table 30.
- The 2003 general fertility rate (GFR) was 66.4 births per 1,000 women ages 15-44 compared to a 2002 GFR of 64.6 per 1,000 women ages 15-44. For details, see Table 13. For by-county details, see Table 31.
- In 2003, the total fertility rate (TFR) was 2,052 for all races combined. This rate is 2.3% below the theoretical replacement level rate of 2,100. The TFRs for white and black women were 2,056 and 2,261, respectively. For details, see Table 13.
- The percentage of liveborn infants classified as low birth weight (LBW = less than 2,500 grams or 5 lb. 8 oz) increased from 7.0% in 1993 to 7.9% in 2003. Infants born to black mothers were almost twice as likely to be LBW (13.3%) than were infants born to white mothers (7.2%). For details, see Table 6 and Table 14.
- Approximately 1.4% of all liveborn 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 be VLBW (3.3%) than were infants born to white mothers (1.2%). For details, see Table 15.
- In Indiana, about one fifth (18.5%) of women who gave birth in 2003 reported smoking during pregnancy, compared with only 11.0% nationwide in 2003. White mothers (19.1%) in Indiana were more likely than black mothers (15.2%) to report smoking during pregnancy in 2003. For details, see Table 20 and Table 21.
- Statewide, 80.6% of mothers began prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy. White mothers were more likely to have early prenatal care (82.1%) than were black mothers (68.2%). For details, see Table 24.
- Slightly over one third (37.1%) of all live births in Indiana in 2003 were to unmarried parents. Significantly more black mothers (76.3%) than white mothers (32.6%) were not married to the infant’s father at the time of the birth. For details, see Table 25.