Sentence examples for birthweight rate from inspiring English sources

Our results indicate that both the average birth weight and the low birthweight rate were significantly altered in the post earthquake group as compared to the pre-earthquake group (Table 2).

About 19.4% were preterm and 80.7% were full term; the low birthweight rate was 9.0%.

If confirmed in the final vital records data, the decline in the low birthweight rate will be the first in many years.

The low birthweight rate for black mothers in the U.S. is twice as high as for non-Hispanic white mothers, even for term births [ 44].

There was evidence of greater risk of breast cancer with greater birthweight (rate ratio = 1.76 (95% CI: 0.92, 3.35) for birthweight ≥ 3.5 kg vs birthweight < 3.5 kg), which was more marked at pre-menopausal ages (RR = 2.31, 95% CI: 0.93, 5.74).

We excluded facilities that had less than 500 deliveries, and those with implausible/unrepresentative data or evidence of poor data capture (i.e.: a preterm birth rate of less than 3% or greater than 40%, or a low birthweight rate of less than 1%).

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) records indicate that low birthweight rates have been rising since 1984, when the rate was 6.7percentt [ 1].

Low birthweight rates have been reduced to just 4 per cent, while the proportion of households consuming iodized salt is by far the highest in the region.

The majority of studies focused on low birthweight rates, which reflect a balance between rates of short gestation and fetal growth restriction.

The results were variable with no improvement in birthweight, rates of preterm delivery or smoking but an increase in breastfeeding duration and reduction in depression scores.

"The low-birthweight rate did go down in the 70's, but since the middle of the 1980's, it's been going up.