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Statistics on children, youth and families in Washington from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Children's Alliance
Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
The number and percent of babies who weighed less than 2,500 grams (5 pounds, 8 ounces) at birth.
Data Source
The data used for this measure come from Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health (DOH), Infant Death Data. Data were downloaded on July 24, 2024 from doh.wa.gov.
S: Data estimate has been suppressed. When the annual number of low weight birth was 10 or fewer, percent is not shown. Data presented here are annual estimates. We did not calculate three year averages for this indicator as the majority of the counties, in the majority of the years, reported low birth weight counts of more than 10.
S: Data estimate has been suppressed. When the annual number of low weight birth was 10 or fewer, percent is not shown. Data presented here are annual estimates. We did not calculate three year averages for this indicator as the majority of the counties, in the majority of the years, reported low birth weight counts of more than 10.
Notes
Data last updated in July 2024 by Washington KIDS COUNT.
DOH technical notes on measurement issues are available at http://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/5300/TechnicalNotes.pdf.
DOH technical notes on measurement issues are available at http://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/5300/TechnicalNotes.pdf.
Last Updated
July 2024