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Indiana Natality Report - 2013
Table 15. Number and Percent of Very Low Birthweight Infants (under 1,500 grams) by Age and Race of Mother:
Indiana Residents, 2013

Age of Mother Live Births Very Low Birthweight Infants Percent Very Low Birthweight Infants
Total White Black Total White Black Total White Black
Total
83,115
67,203
10,006
1,184
806
300
1.4
1.2
3.0
Under 15
73
39
24
4
3
1
5.5
7.7
4.2
15-17
1,797
1,260
380
30
17
9
1.7
1.3
2.4
18-19
4,940
3,763
882
100
72
23
2.0
1.9
2.6
20-24
22,382
17,576
3,619
320
196
109
1.4
1.1
3.0
25-29
25,407
21,116
2,626
327
231
76
1.3
1.1
2.9
30-34
19,231
16,015
1,597
223
160
46
1.2
1.0
2.9
35-39
7,674
6,165
708
145
103
28
1.9
1.7
4.0
40-44
1,518
1,196
162
30
21
6
2.0
1.8
3.7
45+
90
71
7
5
3
2
5.6
4.2
28.6
Unknown
3
2
1
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
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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