16-10.

Reduce low birth weight (LBW) and very low birth weight (VLBW).

Objective

Reduction in Low and Very Low Birth Weight

1998
Baseline

2010
Target

Percent

16-10a.

Low birth weight (LBW)

7.6

5.0

16-10b.

Very low birth weight (VLBW)

1.4

0.9

TOTAL

7.6

1.4

Mother’s race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

6.8

1.2

Asian or Pacific Islander

7.4

1.1

Asian

7.2

1.1

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

6.5

1.4

Black or African American

13.0

3.1

White

6.5

1.1

Hispanic or Latino

6.4

1.1

Not Hispanic or Latino

7.8

1.5

Black or African American

13.2

3.1

White

6.6

1.1

Gender

Female

8.1 (1997)

1.4 (1997)

Male

7.0 (1997)

1.4 (1997)

Mother’s education level

Less than high school

9.0

1.6

High school graduate

7.9

1.5

At least some college

6.5

1.3

Mother’s disability status

Mothers with disabilities

DNC

DNC

Mothers without disabilities

DNC

DNC

Select populations

Mother’s age groups

Under 15 years

13.1

3.3

15 to 19 years

9.5

1.8

20 to 24 years

7.5

1.4

25 to 29 years

6.7

1.3

30 to 34 years

7.0

1.4

35 years and older

8.7

1.7