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Low birthweight births as proportion of live and still births (5 year average) (3305) Metric type
- Help text
- This is the proportion of all live and still births with a valid birthweight recorded with a birth weight less than 2500g. The figure reported is an average over the 5 year period reported.
Low birth weight babies are associated with poorer long-term health and educational outcomes.
- Modified
- 23 Feb 2022
- Data last updated
- 13 Nov 2023
- Short label
- Births with birth weight less than 2500g (%) (5 yr average)
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- % of live and still births
- Dataset
- Child health, % low birthweight (5 year)
- Collection
- Local Health
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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