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Live Births with Low and Very Low Birthweight (ARCHIVED)
This dataset contains tables with the percent of live births with low birthweight and very low birthweight: 1) by maternal county of residence 2) by race/ethnicity group of mother. Low birthweight are live births weighing less than 2,500 grams (approximately 5 pounds, 8 ounces). Very low birthweight are live births weighing less than 1,500 grams (approximately 3 pounds, 5 ounces). Low and very low birthweight can be associated with very serious health problems for the infant and can lead to certain serious health conditions later in life. Data includes births with birthweight of 227 to 8,165 grams and excludes non-California residents.
Resources
7 resources available
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Low Birthweight Dashboard
FILE -
Data Dictionary-Low/Very Low Birthweight by County
XLSX -
Low/Very low Birthweight by County
CSV -
Low/Very Low Birthweight by Race/Ethnicity
CSV -
Data Dictionary-Low/Very Low Birthweight by Race/Ethnicity
XLSX -
Data Dictionary - Low/Very low Birthweight by County
CSV -
All resource data
ZIP
Complete Metadata
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| issued | 2018-12-07T17:03:04.322035 |
| keyword |
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]
|
| license | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by |
| modified | 2026-02-12T22:28:31.972472 |
| publisher |
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"name": "California Department of Public Health",
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}
|
| theme |
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"Health and Human Services"
]
|
| title | Live Births with Low and Very Low Birthweight (ARCHIVED) |
