Low birthweight as a percentage of total live births reached 8.10% in 2011 in the USA, according to World Bank / WHO. This is 1.22% less than in the previous year.
Historically, low birthweight as a percentage of total live births in the USA reached an all time high of 8.30% in 2006 and an all time low of 6.70% in 1984.
USA has been ranked 6th within the group of 39 countries we follow in terms of low birthweight as a percentage of total live births.
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