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- In 2014, 83,927 infants were born to Indiana residents. The number of live births represents a 1.0 percent increase from 2013 (83,115). For details, see Table 1.
- Of 83,927 infants born to Indiana residents in 2014, 81,004 were singletons, 2,789 were twins, 93 were triplets, 15 were quadruplets, and 10 were quintuplets. (NOTE: See definition of "multiple birth" in the Glossary of Terms).
- During 2014, 43,135 (51.4%) infants were male and 40,792 (48.6%) were female, resulting in a sex ratio of 1,057 males per every 1,000 females. For details, see Table 1.
- In 2014, there were 6,277 live births to mothers under 20 years of age – 7.5 percent of the total number of live births. Of these, 4,791 were born to white women under age 20 (7.0% of the white births) and 1,164 were born to black women under age 20 (11.2% of the black births). There were 758 births to Hispanic (any race) women under age 20 (10.5% of Hispanic (any race) births). For full age-group details, see Table 2 and Table 3. For by-county details, see Table 29.
- For a large majority of the 83,927 births, both the mother and the father were white (69.2%). Both the mother and father were black for 7.3 percent of births. Both the mother and father were Hispanic (any race) for 5.6 percent of the births. For 13.4 percent of births, the race of the father was not reported. For details, see Table 10 and Table 10a.
- The age-specific birth rate for women ages 15–19 was 7.6% lower in 2014 (28.0%) than in 2013 (30.3%). For details, see Table 13. For by-county details, see Table 30.
- The 2014 general fertility rate (GFR) was 64.8 births per 1,000 women ages 15–44 which is 0.8% higher than the 2013 GFR of 64.3 per 1,000 women ages 15–44. For details, see Table 13. For by-county details, see Table 31.
- The 2014 total fertility rate (TFR) was 1,929 for all races combined. This rate is lower than the theoretical replacement level rate of 2,100. The TFRs for white and black women were 1,876 and 1,969, respectively. The TFR for Hispanic (any race) women was 2,216. For details, see Table 13. For by-county details, see Table 31.
- There were 6,700 liveborn infants classified as low birthweight (LBW) or less than 2,500 grams (5 lb 8 oz). The percentage of LBW was 1.2 percent lower (8.0%) in 2014 than in 2004 (8.1%). Infants born to black mothers had a higher percentage of LBW (13.3%) than infants born to white mothers (7.3%) in 2014. The LBW percentage of Hispanic (any race) was 6.4 percent. For details, see Table 5 and Table 14. For by-county details, see Table 32. For by-city details, see Table 35.
- There were 1,149 (1.4%) liveborn infants classified as very low birthweight (VLBW) or less than 1,500 grams (3 lb 5 oz). Infants born to black mothers had a higher percentage of VLBW (2.7%) than infants born to white mothers (1.2%). The percentage of Hispanic (any race) VLBW infants was 1.2 percent. The percentage of liveborn infants born to black mothers classified as VLBW was 125% greater than those born to white mothers; those classified as LBW was 82% greater. For details, see Table 15. For by-county details, see Table 32. For by-city details, see Table 35.
- In Indiana, about one-sixth (15.1%) of the 83,927 women who gave birth in 2014 reported smoking during pregnancy, a decrease of 3.8 percent from 2013 (15.7%). Of the 12,655 who smoked during pregnancy, white mothers (16.4%) had a higher percentage of smoking than black mothers (12.1%). The percentage of Hispanic (any race) women who reported smoking during pregnancy was 3.7 percent. For details, see Table 20 and Table 21. For by-county details, see Table 32. For by-city details, see Table 35. See Preface for more details concerning certificate revision.
- In 2014, 36,704 (43.7%) of infants were born to mothers on Medicaid. Of those mothers on Medicaid, 38.4 percent were white, and 74.6 percent were black. For Hispanic (any race) mothers, 70.5 percent reported being on Medicaid. For details, see Table 22 and Table 23. For by-county details, see Table 32. For by-city details, see Table 35. See Preface for more details concerning the addition of Medicaid reporting.
- Statewide, 48,238 (67.5%) mothers began prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy. Of those with prenatal care in the first trimester, white mothers had a higher percentage receiving care (70.1%) than black mothers (55.9%). The percentage of Hispanic (any race) mothers who received prenatal care in the first trimester was 55.3 percent. For details, see Table 24. For by-county details, see Table 32. For by-city details, see Table 35. See Preface for more details concerning certificate revision.
- Over two-fifths (43.3%) of the 83,927 live births in Indiana in 2014 were to unmarried parents. Of the 36,379 births to unmarried parents, proportionately more black mothers (79.5%) than white mothers (38.5%) were not married to the infant’s father at the time of the birth. Of 4,035 Hispanic (any race) births, 55.9 percent were to unmarried parents. For details, see Table 25. For by-county details, see Table 32. For by-city details, see Table 35.