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Indiana Natality Report - 2013
Table 14. Number and Percent of Low Birthweight Infants (under 2,500 grams) by Age and Race of Mother:
Indiana Residents, 2013

Age of Mother Live Births Low Birthweight Infants Percent Low Birthweight Infants
Total White Black Total White Black Total White Black
Total
83,115
67,203
10,006
6,589
4,874
1,286
7.9
7.3
12.9
Under 15
73
39
24
8
4
4
11.0
10.3
16.7
15-17
1,797
1,260
380
179
107
59
10.0
8.5
15.5
18-19
4,940
3,763
882
444
324
102
9.0
8.6
11.6
20-24
22,382
17,576
3,619
1,822
1,299
441
8.1
7.4
12.2
25-29
25,407
21,116
2,626
1,917
1,452
341
7.5
6.9
13.0
30-34
19,231
16,015
1,597
1,352
1,040
199
7.0
6.5
12.5
35-39
7,674
6,165
708
672
509
103
8.8
8.3
14.5
40-44
1,518
1,196
162
178
127
34
11.7
10.6
21.0
45+
90
71
7
16
11
3
17.8
15.5
42.9
Unknown
3
2
1
1
1
0
33.3
50.0
0.0

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 age of mother and birthweight data.
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This table was run on January 23, 2015.

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