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Statistics on children, youth and families in North Carolina from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and NC Child
Low birthweight babies by race/ethnicity
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definition and Source
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Definition
Percent of infants born weighing less than 2,500 grams (5 pounds, 8 ounces) at birth. Births are classified according to mother's race and ethnicity..
The 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth allows the reporting of more than one race for each parent in accordance with the revised standards issued by OMB in 1997. These revisions were implemented in North Carolina during 2010, resulting in the capability for reporting of expanded race categories and Hispanic-origin groups that differed from the race categories used in previous years.
As a result of these revisions, live births data from 2011 forward contain included both race and ethnicity categories. Therefore, data beginning with 2011 should not be compared to data from 2001–2010 which contained different race categories.
The 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth allows the reporting of more than one race for each parent in accordance with the revised standards issued by OMB in 1997. These revisions were implemented in North Carolina during 2010, resulting in the capability for reporting of expanded race categories and Hispanic-origin groups that differed from the race categories used in previous years.
As a result of these revisions, live births data from 2011 forward contain included both race and ethnicity categories. Therefore, data beginning with 2011 should not be compared to data from 2001–2010 which contained different race categories.
Data Source
Notes
At this time, 2020 is the most current year for which data are publicly available for low birth-weight data by race-ethnicity.
However, 2021 and 2022 county totals for low birth-weight babies were derived from North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, State Center for Health Statistics: Provisional Vital Statistics Data until new data are made available. .
N.A. = Data not available.
Data accessed December 2023.
N.A. = Data not available.
Data accessed December 2023.
Last Updated
December 2023