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Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2004

2004, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Low birthweight is the share of babies born weighing less than 2,500 grams. It reflects the health and nutrition of mothers during pregnancy, and it is one of the strongest predictors of whether a newborn survives its first month.

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2004 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. India is highest, at 31.576; Iceland is lowest, at 3.662. The middle country reads 10.495. Against 2003, 158 values changed (68 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low Birthweight Prevalence · Data for 2004

HighestIndia

31.576

LowestIceland

3.662

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2004, as published. UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 158 countries · select a heading to sort

Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2004: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia31.57629.263734.010
2BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia25.32521.042430.189
3ComorosCOMEastern Africa25.07722.373328.100
4Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa23.62221.992825.373
5NepalNPLSouthern Asia22.14319.619524.936
6SenegalSENWestern Africa21.01519.541622.563
7PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia20.89919.469622.420
8MadagascarMDGEastern Africa19.93518.599421.342
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.83216.259624.008
10Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa19.82018.398021.353
11MauritiusMUSEastern Africa19.55814.082826.257
12Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa19.37218.180320.599
13Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia19.15916.548722.120
14MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa19.08817.712920.513
15Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia18.46715.414522.009
16BeninBENWestern Africa18.39217.338319.516
17Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia18.33815.120521.955
18BotswanaBWASouthern Africa18.21211.803627.210
19MoroccoMARNorthern Africa17.67816.051019.399
20LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia17.43515.046720.097
21South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa17.05814.138720.454
22AngolaAGOMiddle Africa16.66813.438220.523
23GuyanaGUYSouth America16.51014.870718.249
24NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa16.30015.107717.595
25MalawiMWIEastern Africa16.24615.270617.279

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1India31.576
  2. 2Bangladesh25.325
  3. 3Comoros25.077
  4. 4Guinea-Bissau23.622
  5. 5Nepal22.143

Lowest

  1. 158Iceland3.662
  2. 157San Marino3.921
  3. 156Finland4.216
  4. 155Sweden4.271
  5. 154Estonia4.397

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.495. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia29.2637

    LowestSan Marino3.2700

    Middle country: 9.2237

  • Upper bound (95% credible interval)

    HighestIndia34.010

    LowestIceland3.843

    Middle country: 11.742

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 68 · 90rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2023 release

    Every year in this series comes from UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates)’s 2023 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2004.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 158 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) (2004). Low Birthweight Prevalence, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-birthweight/2004

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