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Indiana Natality Report - 2016
Table 35. Outcome Indicator Percentages by City of Residence and Race/Ethnicity of Mother:
Indiana Cities (over 25,000 population in 2010), 2016

Black Total Live Births % LBW§ % VLBW % Preterm† % PNC 1st Trimester‡ % Mother on Medicaid % Smoked % Unmarried % Breastfeeding
INDIANA
10,472
12.5
  
2.8
  
13.4
  
58.0
  
72.6
  
10.8
  
78.0
  
68.9
  
Anderson
125
16.8
  
4.0
 U
16.0
  
67.2
  
85.6
  
8.8
 U
84.0
  
57.6
  
Bloomington
69
8.7
 U
**
 U
7.2
 U
56.5
  
46.4
 L
11.6
 U
56.5
 L
85.5
  
Carmel
30
20.0
 U
**
 U
**
 U
66.7
  
20.0
 U
**
 U
43.3
 U
100.0
 H
Columbus
23
**
 U
**
 U
**
 U
47.8
 U
39.1
 U
21.7
 U
52.2
 U
73.9
 U
Crown Point
26
**
 U
**
 U
26.9
 U
73.1
 U
30.8
 U
**
 U
50.0
 U
92.3
  
East Chicago
214
11.7
  
2.8
 U
13.6
  
56.5
  
89.3
 H
8.4
 U
91.1
 H
52.8
 L
Elkhart
182
12.6
  
5.5
 U
14.3
  
52.2
  
81.3
  
18.7
  
90.7
 H
75.8
  
Evansville
292
15.1
  
3.1
 U
16.4
  
61.3
  
72.3
  
17.8
 H
83.6
  
76.4
  
Fishers
42
**
 U
**
 U
**
 U
71.4
  
16.7
 U
**
 U
28.6
 U
97.6
 H
Fort Wayne
749
14.7
  
3.3
  
12.8
  
47.5
 L
75.0
  
12.0
  
82.6
  
65.7
  
Gary
781
12.4
  
3.5
  
12.3
  
69.7
 H
88.6
 H
13.2
  
88.7
 H
58.9
 L
Goshen
18
**
 U
**
 U
**
 U
77.8
 U
77.8
 U
**
 U
94.4
 U
88.9
 U
Greenwood
42
**
 U
**
 U
14.3
 U
69.0
  
52.4
  
**
 U
50.0
 L
85.7
  
Hammond
228
11.0
  
2.6
 U
13.6
  
61.0
  
75.0
  
7.5
 U
84.6
  
65.4
  
Hobart
28
**
 U
**
 U
**
 U
71.4
  
46.4
 U
**
 U
57.1
 U
78.6
  
Indianapolis
4,517
12.6
  
2.9
  
13.8
  
56.6
  
72.1
  
8.2
 L
77.2
  
69.3
  
Jeffersonville
75
17.3
 U
**
 U
13.3
 U
56.0
  
36.0
 L
14.7
 U
76.0
  
61.3
  
Kokomo
112
7.1
 U
**
 U
7.1
 U
61.6
  
75.0
  
22.3
 H
79.5
  
50.9
 L
Lafayette
227
9.7
  
2.2
 U
11.9
  
55.5
  
74.0
  
12.8
  
81.5
  
57.3
 L
Marion
77
14.3
 U
**
 U
13.0
 U
67.5
  
87.0
  
35.1
 H
79.2
  
51.9
  
Merrillville
206
8.3
 U
**
 U
12.1
  
69.9
 H
63.1
  
6.3
 U
73.8
  
78.6
  
Michigan City
196
13.8
  
**
 U
12.8
  
37.8
 L
79.6
  
19.4
 H
83.7
  
58.2
  
Mishawaka
97
9.3
 U
**
 U
10.3
 U
50.5
  
67.0
  
9.3
 U
69.1
  
84.5
  
Muncie
107
9.3
 U
**
 U
10.3
 U
68.2
  
79.4
  
15.9
 U
80.4
  
60.7
  
New Albany
49
14.3
 U
**
 U
14.3
 U
69.4
  
57.1
  
14.3
 U
81.6
  
61.2
  
Noblesville
52
15.4
 U
9.6
 U
17.3
 U
59.6
  
48.1
 L
**
 U
63.5
  
76.9
  
Plainfield
6
**
 U
**
 U
**
 U
83.3
 U
**
 U
**
 U
**
 U
83.3
 U
Portage
50
12.0
 U
**
 U
12.0
 U
62.0
  
58.0
  
**
 U
64.0
  
80.0
  
Richmond
43
**
 U
**
 U
**
 U
44.2
 U
76.7
  
14.0
 U
88.4
  
76.7
  
Schererville
8
**
 U
**
 U
**
 U
62.5
 U
**
 U
**
 U
62.5
 U
87.5
 U
South Bend
601
14.3
  
2.7
 U
14.8
  
53.2
  
85.5
 H
13.6
  
84.9
 H
78.5
 H
Terre Haute
91
11.0
 U
**
 U
13.2
 U
63.7
  
85.7
  
14.3
 U
86.8
  
64.8
  
Valparaiso
18
**
 U
**
 U
**
 U
50.0
 U
55.6
 U
**
 U
61.1
 U
94.4
 U
West Lafayette
35
**
 U
**
 U
20.0
 U
48.6
 U
68.6
  
**
 U
60.0
  
60.0
  
Westfield
14
**
 U
**
 U
**
 U
64.3
 U
42.9
 U
**
 U
57.1
 U
85.7
 U
Balance of State
1,042
11.6
  
2.2
  
13.0
  
62.7
  
58.9
 L
13.0
  
65.2
 L
72.7
  

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team.
Notes:
    § LBW = Low birthweight (less than 2,500 grams).
    ¶ VLBW = Very low birthweight (less than 1,500 grams).
    † Preterm = less than 37 weeks gestation.
    ‡ PNC = Prenatal care beginning in the first trimester.
H/L = Significantly higher (H) or lower (L) than the state percent.  For additional information, see the Technical Notes.
Percentages are calculated using total live births in each county or county/race category.
Please see Table 39 for the number and percentage of missing outcome indicators data.
U = Unstable rate due to fewer than 20 births or outcomes.
** Percentages have been suppressed when there are fewer than 5, including 0, birth outcomes.See Glossary of Terms for more details.
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This table was run on September 21, 2017.

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