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Prenatal & Pediatric Care
Number of Births of Low Birthweight, 2006
| Number of Births of Low Birthweight | |
|---|---|
| United States | 351,974 |
| Alabama | 6,624 |
| Alaska | 654 |
| Arizona | 7,289 |
| Arkansas | 3,749 |
| California | 38,411 |
| Colorado | 6,317 |
| Connecticut | 3,395 |
| Delaware | 1,108 |
| District of Columbia | 980 |
| Florida | 20,614 |
| Georgia | 14,232 |
| Hawaii | 1,531 |
| Idaho | 1,671 |
| Illinois | 15,577 |
| Indiana | 7,268 |
| Iowa | 2,809 |
| Kansas | 2,933 |
| Kentucky | 5,327 |
| Louisiana | 7,231 |
| Maine | 967 |
| Maryland | 7,269 |
| Massachusetts | 6,138 |
| Michigan | 10,637 |
| Minnesota | 4,807 |
| Mississippi | 5,698 |
| Missouri | 6,555 |
| Montana | 912 |
| Nebraska | 1,900 |
| Nevada | 3,335 |
| New Hampshire | 994 |
| New Jersey | 9,882 |
| New Mexico | 2,668 |
| New York | 20,790 |
| North Carolina | 11,585 |
| North Dakota | 576 |
| Ohio | 13,180 |
| Oklahoma | 4,503 |
| Oregon | 2,963 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,562 |
| Rhode Island | 988 |
| South Carolina | 6,292 |
| South Dakota | 836 |
| Tennessee | 8,108 |
| Texas | 33,727 |
| Utah | 3,700 |
| Vermont | 447 |
| Virginia | 8,914 |
| Washington | 5,641 |
| West Virginia | 2,024 |
| Wisconsin | 4,974 |
| Wyoming | 682 |
| Guam | 268 |
| Puerto Rico | 6,316 |
| Virgin Islands | 175 |
| Notes: | Data are for 2006. |
| Sources: | Source 1: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. VitalStats. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/vitalstats.htm. Accessed 1/7/2009. Source 2: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports. Births: Final Data for 2006, Vol. 57 No. 7, 1/7/2009. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_07.pdf. Accessed 1/7/09. |
| Definitions: | Low birth weight is birth weight of less than 2,500 grams (5lb. 8oz.). |
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