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Low birthweight: Atlanta, 1999-2010
Percent of live births
YearAtlanta
(Percent)		Atlanta
(Count)
1999 10.6 947
2000 10.6 1,005
2001 10.6 986
2002 10.8 977
2003 10.4 961
2004 11.7 1,068
2005 10.7 1,019
2006 11.5 1,116
2007 11.9 1,052
2009 10.4 665
2010 10.3 687
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Healthy people 2020

  • Low birthweight: reduce to no more than 7.8% of live births.

Footnotes

  • Low birthweight is less than 2500 grams (5 1/2 pounds).
  • Natality data for Georgia in 2008 did not include city of residence. Therefore, data for Atlanta are not available for 2008 or 2006-2008 average.

Source

  • National Center for Health Statistics, final natality data.
  • Retrieved June 18, 2013, from www.marchofdimes.com/peristats.