Women's Health Data Book -
Low Birth Weight
Infants The Ohio and United States low birth weight (LBW) rates have been
steadily rising over the last fifteen years1, and Ohio has been above the
national average for the past five...
Low Birth Weight Definition of Indicators
- Low Birth
Weight Definition of Indicators 1994 through 1998 number of infants born
alive and weighing less than 2 500 grams (5.5 pounds) and the percent this
number is of total live births for the 1994-1998 time period.
Medical References: Low Birthweight
- ... Women
under 17 or over 35, unmarried mothers and women who have had a previous
preterm birth are at increased risk of having low-birth-weight babies. ...
UNICEF in action -
Maternal nutrition and
low birth weight. A woman’s nutritional status has ... rates of
stillbirths and infant mortality. Low birth weight. ...