Europe & Central Asia | Low-birthweight babies (% of births)
Low-birthweight babies are newborns weighing less than 2,500 grams, with the measurement taken within the first hour of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred. Development relevance: Low birth-weight, which is associated with maternal malnutrition, raises the risk of infant mortality and stunts growth in infancy and childhood. There is also emerging evidence that low-birth-weight babies are more prone to non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Low birth-weight can arise as a result of a baby being born too soon or too small for gestational age. Babies born prematurely, who are also small for their gestational age, have the worst prognosis.
In low- and middle-income countries low birth-weight stems primarily from poor maternal health and nutrition. Three factors have the most impact: poor maternal nutritional status before conception, mother's short stature (due mostly to under-nutrition and infections during childhood), and poor nutrition during pregnancy (UNICEF Data, https://data.unicef.org/).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Europe & Central Asia
Records
63
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2000 | 8.34307792 |
2001 | 8.35879404 |
2002 | 8.24265041 |
2003 | 8.17097885 |
2004 | 8.12099978 |
2005 | 8.10286182 |
2006 | 8.05708292 |
2007 | 7.98542921 |
2008 | 7.93354859 |
2009 | 7.91823443 |
2010 | 7.90374687 |
2011 | 7.90188722 |
2012 | 7.87779237 |
2013 | 7.86103454 |
2014 | 7.84424215 |
2015 | 7.81593514 |
2016 | 7.78786907 |
2017 | 7.77312145 |
2018 | 7.71779422 |
2019 | 7.65379741 |
2020 | 7.61541208 |
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Europe & Central Asia | Low-birthweight babies (% of births)
Low-birthweight babies are newborns weighing less than 2,500 grams, with the measurement taken within the first hour of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred. Development relevance: Low birth-weight, which is associated with maternal malnutrition, raises the risk of infant mortality and stunts growth in infancy and childhood. There is also emerging evidence that low-birth-weight babies are more prone to non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Low birth-weight can arise as a result of a baby being born too soon or too small for gestational age. Babies born prematurely, who are also small for their gestational age, have the worst prognosis.
In low- and middle-income countries low birth-weight stems primarily from poor maternal health and nutrition. Three factors have the most impact: poor maternal nutritional status before conception, mother's short stature (due mostly to under-nutrition and infections during childhood), and poor nutrition during pregnancy (UNICEF Data, https://data.unicef.org/).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Europe & Central Asia
Records
63
Source