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Low birthweight: New Orleans, 2000-2010
Percent of live births
YearNew Orleans
(Percent)		New Orleans
(Count)
2000 12.6 959
2001 13.5 978
2002 13.6 961
2003 13.5 931
2004 13.5 926
2005 13.9 644
2006 12.6 333
2007 13.1 537
2008 13.0 560
2009 12.0 551
2010 12.4 571
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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).

Source

  • National Center for Health Statistics, final natality data.
  • Retrieved May 19, 2013, from www.marchofdimes.com/peristats.