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Indiana Natality Report - 2005
Table 14. Number and Percent of Low Birthweight Infants (under 2,500 grams) by Age and Race of Mother:
Indiana Residents, 2005

Age of Mother Live Births Low Birthweight Infants Percent Low Birthweight Infants
Total White Black Total White Black Total White Black
Total
87,088
75,464
9,820
7,249
5,768
1,315
8.3
7.6
13.4
10-14
107
72
31
15
10
5
14.0
13.9
16.1
15-17
2,757
2,093
636
290
198
91
10.5
9.5
14.3
18-19
6,740
5,488
1,192
714
545
157
10.6
9.9
13.2
20-24
24,902
21,090
3,540
2,116
1,635
463
8.5
7.8
13.1
25-29
25,744
22,812
2,373
1,950
1,593
306
7.6
7.0
12.9
30-34
17,805
15,893
1,354
1,331
1,104
186
7.5
6.9
13.7
35-39
7,410
6,591
565
660
537
87
8.9
8.1
15.4
40-44
1,529
1,348
122
154
127
20
10.1
9.4
16.4
45+
85
72
7
18
18
0
21.2
25.0
0.0
Unknown
9
5
0
1
1
0
11.1
20.0
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SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team.
Percentages are calculated using total live births in each age of mother or age of mother/race category.
Please see Table 39 for the number and percentage of missing birthweight data.
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This table was run on April 23, 2007.

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