Births (live and still) by year and birth weight

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Measure

Weight Grams

Year

Number

Per cent

Total

Not stated

Total stated

Under 1,000

1,000 - 2,499

2,500 - 3,999

4,000 and over

Under 2,500 Under 2,500 grams is recognised as low birth weight

Total

Not stated

Total stated

Under 1,000

1,000 - 2,499

2,500 - 3,999

4,000 and over

Under 2,500 Under 2,500 grams is recognised as low birth weight

1993

36,578

1,210

35,368

110

2,121

28,922

4,215

2,231

3.3

100.0

0.3

6.0

81.8

11.9

6.3

1994

35,366

819

34,547

126

2,107

28,228

4,086

2,233

2.3

100.0

0.4

6.1

81.7

11.8

6.5

1995

34,477

176

34,301

133

2,267

28,022

3,879

2,400

0.5

100.0

0.4

6.6

81.7

11.3

7.0

1996

34,894

34,830

129

2,289

28,464

3,948

2,418

0.2

100.0

0.4

6.6

81.7

11.3

6.9

1997

34,520

34,483

140

2,282

28,200

3,861

2,422

0.1

100.0

0.4

6.6

81.8

11.2

7.0

1998

33,438

33,412

149

2,244

27,156

3,863

2,393

0.1

100.0

0.4

6.7

81.3

11.6

7.2

1999

32,111

32,079

169

2,212

26,005

3,693

2,381

0.1

100.0

0.5

6.9

81.1

11.5

7.4

2000

31,304

31,268

154

2,188

25,239

3,687

2,342

0.1

100.0

0.5

7.0

80.7

11.8

7.5

2001

30,616

30,595

158

2,132

24,737

3,568

2,290

0.1

100.0

0.5

7.0

80.9

11.7

7.5

2002

30,205

30,182

138

2,088

24,394

3,562

2,226

0.1

100.0

0.5

6.9

80.8

11.8

7.4

2003

31,400

31,381

154

2,126

25,525

3,576

2,280

0.1

100.0

0.5

6.8

81.3

11.4

7.3

2004

32,325

32,287

145

2,191

25,983

3,968

2,336

0.1

100.0

0.4

6.8

80.5

12.3

7.2

2005

32,593

32,576

162

2,067

26,485

3,862

2,229

0.1

100.0

0.5

6.3

81.3

11.9

6.8

2006

33,628

33,554

143

2,302

27,231

3,878

2,445

0.2

100.0

0.4

6.9

81.2

11.6

7.3

2007

34,414

312

34,102

137

2,336

27,624

4,005

2,473

0.9

100.0

0.4

6.9

81.0

11.7

7.3

2008

35,650

150

35,500

181

2,355

28,727

4,237

2,536

0.4

100.0

0.5

6.6

80.9

11.9

7.1

2009

34,937

285

34,652

172

2,341

28,152

3,987

2,513

0.8

100.0

0.5

6.8

81.2

11.5

7.3

2010

35,952

477

35,475

188

2,291

28,736

4,260

2,479

1.3

100.0

0.5

6.5

81.0

12.0

7.0

2011

35,598

261

35,337

182

2,221

28,747

4,187

2,403

0.7

100.0

0.5

6.3

81.4

11.8

6.8

2012

35,238

35,180

185

2,380

28,515

4,100

2,565

0.2

100.0

0.5

6.8

81.1

11.7

7.3

2013

33,747

33,679

187

2,191

27,315

3,986

2,378

0.2

100.0

0.6

6.5

81.1

11.8

7.1

2014

33,544

141

33,403

138

2,111

27,098

4,056

2,249

0.4

100.0

0.4

6.3

81.1

12.1

6.7

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Title

Hlth1518 Birth weight

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Births registrations, Office for National Statistics

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Designation

National Statistics

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Last update

March 2016

Next update

March 2017

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

General description

This table shows the number of births to residents of Wales (live and still separately) by birth weight.

Rounding applied

Percentages are rounded to 1 decimal place

Frequency of publication

Annual

Keywords

Birth weight

Name

HLTH1518