| During 2008-2010 (average), the low birthweight rate in Tulsa city was highest for black infants (15.0%), followed by Native Americans (8.5%), whites (8.1%) and Asians (5.8%). | | Black infants (15.0%) were about 3 times as likely as Asian infants (5.8%) 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 May 21, 2013, from www.marchofdimes.com/peristats.
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