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Indiana Natality Report - 2015
Table 14. Number and Percent of Low Birthweight Infants (under 2,500 grams) by Age and Race/Ethnicity of Mother:
Indiana Residents, 2015

Age of Mother Live Births Low Birthweight Infants Percent Low Birthweight Infants
Total White Black Total White Black Total White Black
Total
84,008
68,840
10,411
6,732
5,096
1,293
8.0
7.4
12.4
Under 15
64
45
13
6
1
5
9.4
2.2
38.5
15-17
1,501
1,089
334
163
112
44
10.9
10.3
13.2
18-19
4,311
3,317
780
373
277
83
8.7
8.4
10.6
20-24
21,389
16,972
3,539
1,790
1,318
413
8.4
7.8
11.7
25-29
26,576
22,259
2,925
1,947
1,473
379
7.3
6.6
13.0
30-34
20,394
17,168
1,826
1,593
1,244
237
7.8
7.2
13.0
35-39
8,117
6,689
802
685
527
112
8.4
7.9
14.0
40-44
1,541
1,210
179
159
132
17
10.3
10.9
9.5
45+
112
89
13
15
11
3
13.4
12.4
23.1
Unknown
3
2
0
1
1
0
33.3
50.0
0.0

Age of Mother Live Births Low Birthweight Infants Percent Low Birthweight Infants
Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic Total Hispanic Non-Hispanic
Total
84,008
7,633
76,327
6,732
540
6,186
8.0
7.1
8.1
Under 15
64
13
51
6
0
6
9.4
0.0
11.8
15-17
1,501
219
1,280
163
16
146
10.9
7.3
11.4
18-19
4,311
521
3,786
373
33
339
8.7
6.3
9.0
20-24
21,389
1,978
19,399
1,790
122
1,667
8.4
6.2
8.6
25-29
26,576
2,031
24,528
1,947
140
1,807
7.3
6.9
7.4
30-34
20,394
1,683
18,706
1,593
121
1,471
7.8
7.2
7.9
35-39
8,117
954
7,158
685
82
601
8.4
8.6
8.4
40-44
1,541
217
1,322
159
24
135
10.3
11.1
10.2
45+
112
17
95
15
2
13
13.4
11.8
13.7
Unknown
3
0
2
1
0
1
33.3
0.0
50.0

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team.
 
Percentages are calculated using total live births in each age of mother category.
Please see Table 39 for the number and percentage of missing age of mother and low birthweight infants data.
 
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This table was run on November 17, 2016.

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