| During 2008-2010 (average), the low birthweight rate in Bronx was highest for black infants (12.4%), followed by Asians (11.8%), Hispanics (8.8%) and whites (6.7%). | | Black infants (12.4%) were about 2 times as likely as white infants (6.7%) to be born low birthweight during 2008-2010 (average) |
Healthy people 2020
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Low birthweight: reduce to no more than 7.8% of live births.
Source
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National Center for Health Statistics, final natality data.
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Retrieved June 18, 2013, from www.marchofdimes.com/peristats.
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