Indicator: Low Birth Weight-All Births, King County
Low Birth Weight-All Births is the percentage of infants weighing less than 2500 grams at birth. - Source: Washington State Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Certificate Data
- Most recent data (2007): 6.6 percent of all infants were low birth weight including 1,629 infants.
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Trend Over Time |
Demographic Differences |
Last 10 Years |
Last 5 Years |
5-year Average 2003-2007 |
1998-2007 |
2003-2007 |
Percent |
Lower CI |
Upper CI |
All |
▲ |
▲ |
6.5 |
6.4 |
6.7 |
Age |
<18 |
--- |
--- |
8.7 |
7.3 |
10.2 |
18-24 |
--- |
--- |
6.6 |
6.3 |
7.0 |
25-34 |
▲ |
▲ |
6.0 |
5.8 |
6.2 |
35-39 |
▲ |
▲ |
7.2 |
6.9 |
7.6 |
40+ |
▲ |
▲ |
9.3 |
8.5 |
10.2 |
Race/Ethnicity |
African American |
▼ |
▼ |
10.4 |
9.8 |
11.1 |
American Indian/AN |
--- |
--- |
7.2 |
5.8 |
8.8 |
Asian/PI |
▲ |
▲ |
7.4 |
7.1 |
7.8 |
Hispanic/Latina |
--- |
--- |
5.7 |
5.3 |
6.1 |
White |
▲ |
▲ |
5.8 |
5.7 |
6.0 |
Neighborhood Poverty Level |
High Poverty |
--- |
--- |
7.7 |
6.9 |
8.6 |
Medium Poverty |
▲ |
▲ |
6.6 |
6.5 |
6.8 |
Low Poverty |
▲ |
▲ |
6.2 |
6.0 |
6.5 |
Region |
East |
▲ |
▲ |
6.0 |
5.7 |
6.3 |
South |
▲ |
▲ |
6.7 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
Seattle |
▲ |
▲ |
6.8 |
6.5 |
7.1 |
North |
▲ |
▲ |
6.2 |
5.6 |
6.7 |         |
