This statistic represents the percentage of newborns born with a low birth weight in the United States, as of 2018, by state. As of that year, Mississippi had the highest rate of low birth weights in the United States with 11.5 percent of newborns.
Percentage of infants with low birth weight in the United States as of 2018, by state*
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United Health Foundation. (December 13, 2018). Percentage of infants with low birth weight in the United States as of 2018, by state* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/379027/us-low-birthweight-by-state/
United Health Foundation. "Percentage of infants with low birth weight in the United States as of 2018, by state*." Chart. December 13, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/379027/us-low-birthweight-by-state/
United Health Foundation. (2018). Percentage of infants with low birth weight in the United States as of 2018, by state*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/379027/us-low-birthweight-by-state/
United Health Foundation. "Percentage of Infants with Low Birth Weight in The United States as of 2018, by State*." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2018, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/379027/us-low-birthweight-by-state/
United Health Foundation, Percentage of infants with low birth weight in the United States as of 2018, by state* Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/379027/us-low-birthweight-by-state/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Percentage of infants with low birth weight in the United States as of 2018, by state* [Graph], United Health Foundation, December 13, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/379027/us-low-birthweight-by-state/
