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Table 32
Outcome Indicators by Race of Mother
Indiana Counties, 1998
ALL
RACES		 Total
Births		 Birth Weight %
Preterm*		 % PNC**
Trimester 1		 During Pregnancy % Unmarried
Parents
% Low % Very Low % Alcohol % Smoked
Adams 639 5.5 1.3 5.0 58.5 s 0.6 12.2 s 16.1 s
Allen 5,075 9.1 1.8 8.7 78.1 0.6 18.0 s 35.9 s
Bartholomew 1,063 6.7 0.7 7.7 79.5 0.7 22.1 28.7
Benton 123 2.4 0.0 4.9 82.9 0.0 21.1 28.5
Blackford 190 11.1 1.6 7.4 89.5 s 0.5 26.3 34.7
Boone 578 6.9 1.2 9.7 82.7 0.3 14.0 s 17.6 s
Brown 145 8.3 0.7 9.7 78.6 0.7 24.8 20.7
Carroll 264 5.3 0.4 4.9 83.0 0.0 16.7 21.2 s
Cass 569 7.7 1.2 5.3 71.2 1.1 24.4 33.2
Clark 1,295 6.9 1.1 8.2 60.5 s 0.8 24.1 33.1
Clay 342 7.3 0.3 8.5 81.0 0.3 28.9 31.6
Clinton 495 8.3 1.4 7.5 67.5 s 0.4 21.8 30.5
Crawford 122 6.6 0.8 5.7 66.4 0.0 28.7 33.6
Daviess 412 7.5 2.4 7.8 66.5 s 1.0 18.7 22.1 s
Dearborn 647 6.0 0.9 8.7 54.6 s 0.5 20.7 24.6 s
Decatur 391 6.4 0.3 6.9 75.7 0.0 24.0 30.7
DeKalb 634 5.2 0.9 4.9 77.1 0.9 26.7 31.2
Delaware 1,482 9.4 1.3 7.4 86.2 s 0.4 24.1 39.3 s
Dubois 535 5.6 1.5 6.2 86.9 s 0.2 14.2 s 19.4 s
Elkhart 2,996 8.2 1.7 8.3 69.6 s 0.5 18.6 s 36.4
Fayette 342 9.6 1.2 11.7 69.3 0.6 31.0 s 32.5
Floyd 853 6.7 1.6 9.6 64.0 s 1.4 23.6 35.1
Fountain 255 7.8 2.0 8.2 63.5 s 0.0 27.1 28.6
Franklin 279 9.3 1.4 8.6 55.9 s 0.4 25.4 22.6 s
Fulton 264 6.1 0.4 3.0 83.0 1.5 27.7 27.7
Gibson 426 8.7 2.3 10.6 86.9 s 2.1 26.1 29.3
Grant 942 8.9 1.7 8.2 78.0 0.6 26.1 s 44.3 s
Greene 374 6.7 1.1 12.0 82.4 0.3 26.7 27.0
Hamilton 2,754 6.8 1.6 9.0 86.9 s 0.8 8.2 s 9.6 s
Hancock 725 8.6 2.2 10.1 88.3 s 1.2 19.6 20.4 s
Harrison 459 7.8 0.9 8.7 69.7 s 0.7 24.0 23.3 s
Hendricks 1,187 5.9 1.0 7.6 87.8 s 0.8 14.7 s 16.3 s
Henry 610 8.9 1.6 8.2 89.8 s 1.3 26.1 28.5
Howard 1,159 6.6 1.1 5.0 s 73.1 0.3 24.8 35.5
Huntington 506 9.9 1.6 8.9 81.8 0.6 27.3 32.8
Jackson 589 7.6 0.8 6.8 77.9 0.7 28.2 s 27.3
Jasper 389 4.1 0.5 5.1 80.2 1.0 20.6 22.4 s
Jay 331 6.6 0.9 6.6 71.0 0.0 21.5 25.1
Jefferson 384 7.0 0.3 7.8 68.5 s 0.3 31.8 s 29.4
Jennings 419 7.4 0.5 6.7 70.4 1.4 27.0 33.2
Johnson 1,597 6.8 0.8 7.5 88.4 s 0.4 19.1 21.1 s
Knox 475 6.7 0.6 6.9 81.5 0.6 32.6 s 36.0
Kosciusko 1,081 8.0 1.3 8.1 72.4 s 1.0 24.3 30.1
LaGrange 704 5.1 1.3 5.7 46.9 s 0.4 10.2 s 10.4 s
Lake 7,134 9.0 1.9 s 9.0 71.5 s 0.9 17.3 s 47.4 s
LaPorte 1,405 7.2 0.9 5.7 s 71.2 s 0.8 26.3 s 39.2 s
Lawrence 585 7.4 0.7 7.5 77.9 0.5 27.5 s 29.6
Madison 1,741 8.0 1.8 7.9 81.8 s 0.4 26.5 s 40.4 s
Marion 13,917 9.7 s 1.7 10.9 s 76.9 1.5 s 20.8 42.8 s
Marshall 686 5.5 0.6 6.1 78.0 0.6 22.9 26.2 s
Martin 145 5.5 0.0 9.0 76.6 0.0 29.7 23.4
Miami 443 6.8 1.6 6.8 76.3 1.1 25.1 30.9
Monroe 1,264 8.5 1.4 10.9 76.0 0.6 18.4 25.7 s
Montgomery 468 7.1 0.4 8.3 81.6 0.2 28.6 s 29.1
Morgan 927 9.1 1.7 7.8 81.4 0.6 25.8 25.2 s
Newton 153 2.6 0.0 6.5 77.1 0.0 31.4 36.6
Noble 719 8.6 1.1 9.5 71.8 0.7 23.2 29.5
Ohio 59 8.5 1.7 8.5 74.6 1.7 32.2 39.0
Orange 235 6.8 1.3 6.0 78.3 0.0 29.8 25.1
Owen 221 7.7 0.5 9.0 76.5 1.4 28.5 26.7
Parke 183 8.7 2.2 10.9 71.6 0.5 36.1 s 30.6
Perry 207 5.3 1.4 5.3 72.5 0.0 27.5 34.8
Pike 164 6.7 1.8 11.0 88.4 1.8 29.9 32.3
Porter 1,736 6.3 1.0 6.3 76.3 0.6 18.4 25.0 s
Posey 283 7.1 1.8 7.1 83.0 0.0 22.3 24.7
Pulaski 185 5.4 1.1 4.9 78.4 2.2 24.3 28.6
Putnam 448 8.5 1.6 10.3 84.4 s 1.1 25.9 25.4 s
Randolph 361 7.5 0.6 7.2 79.8 0.0 26.9 33.2
Ripley 405 5.9 0.5 8.4 67.9 s 0.2 23.7 21.2 s
Rush 245 6.1 0.4 6.5 82.9 1.2 28.6 26.1
St. Joseph 3,983 7.7 1.4 8.4 79.0 1.4 s 17.8 s 38.6 s
Scott 290 7.2 2.1 7.2 71.4 1.0 35.2 s 29.3
Shelby 560 7.7 1.8 9.3 86.6 s 0.5 29.6 s 28.2
Spencer 265 12.1 1.5 12.1 79.6 2.3 23.0 25.7
Starke 306 7.8 2.3 5.2 82.7 0.0 26.1 32.4
Steuben 435 6.2 0.9 5.5 69.0 s 0.5 28.0 29.4
Sullivan 229 4.8 1.3 5.2 90.0 s 0.0 21.0 27.1
Switzerland 112 4.5 0.9 8.9 58.9 s 0.9 35.7 s 28.6
Tippecanoe 1,770 6.6 1.1 6.6 86.6 s 0.2 17.0 s 24.9 s
Tipton 202 7.4 1.5 4.5 88.6 s 0.5 19.3 29.2
Union 97 2.1 0.0 2.1 53.6 s 0.0 22.7 28.9
Vanderburgh 2,273 7.4 1.1 7.6 83.1 s 1.5 24.9 s 40.2 s
Vermillion 206 10.2 3.4 12.1 73.3 1.5 24.3 26.2
Vigo 1,406 9.3 2.1 10.5 81.0 s 1.0 28.7 s 38.1 s
Wabash 388 5.7 0.8 9.0 76.5 1.5 24.7 28.9
Warren 101 6.9 1.0 5.9 67.3 0.0 27.7 24.8
Warrick 618 5.7 1.8 7.9 88.2 s 1.0 18.9 21.4 s
Washington 350 8.3 0.6 9.7 68.6 s 2.0 28.9 29.7
Wayne 918 6.9 1.3 9.0 76.9 0.3 25.1 38.2
Wells 344 4.4 0.3 6.7 81.4 0.9 21.2 24.7
White 357 7.8 1.4 11.2 81.0 0.0 27.5 29.7
Whitley 425 6.1 0.7 8.5 83.3 0.2 17.2 21.9 s
INDIANA 85,055 7.9 1.4 8.5 77.0 0.9 21.3 33.6

* Preterm: less than 37 weeks gestation.
** PNC: Prenatal Care.
"s" Significantly different from the state percent.

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team

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