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Health Statistics > Births of Low Birthweight as a % of Births (most recent) by state

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Rank   States  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Mississippi: 11.4 %  
#2  District of Columbia: 10.9 %  
#3  Louisiana: 10.7 %  
#4  South Carolina: 10.1 %  
#5  Alabama: 10 %  
#6  Delaware: 9.4 %  
#7  Tennessee: 9.4 %  
#8  Maryland: 9.1 %  
#9  Georgia: 9 %  
#10  North Carolina: 9 %  
#11  Colorado: 9 %  
#12  Arkansas: 8.9 %  
#13  Wyoming: 8.9 %  
#14  Kentucky: 8.7 %  
#15  Hawaii: 8.6 %  
#16  West Virginia: 8.6 %  
#17  Florida: 8.5 %  
#18  New Mexico: 8.5 %  
#19  Rhode Island: 8.5 %  
#20  Illinois: 8.3 %  
#21  Ohio: 8.3 %  
#22  Michigan: 8.2 %  
#23  Virginia: 8.2 %  
#24  Nevada: 8.1 %  
#25  New Jersey: 8.1 %  
#26  Pennsylvania: 8.1 %  
#27  Missouri: 8 %  
#28  New York: 7.9 %  
#29  Texas: 7.9 %  
#30  Indiana: 7.9 %  
#31  Oklahoma: 7.8 %  
#32  Massachusetts: 7.6 %  
#33  Connecticut: 7.5 %  
#34  Kansas: 7.4 %  
#35  Arizona: 7.1 %  
#36  Vermont: 7 %  
#37  Nebraska: 6.9 %  
#38  Montana: 6.8 %  
#39  Wisconsin: 6.8 %  
#40  South Dakota: 6.6 %  
#41  California: 6.6 %  
#42  Iowa: 6.6 %  
#43  North Dakota: 6.5 %  
#44  Maine: 6.5 %  
#45  Utah: 6.5 %  
#46  Idaho: 6.5 %  
#47  Minnesota: 6.2 %  
#48  New Hampshire: 6.2 %  
#49  Oregon: 6.1 %  
#50  Alaska: 6 %  
#51  Washington: 6 %  
Weighted average: 8.0 %   


DEFINITION: Births of Low Birthweight as a Percent of All Births, 2003

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