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15 LowBirthweight D7341Insert English
Low Birthweight
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
73
82
South Asia
77
East Asia/Pacific
40
Latin America/Caribbean
20
CEE/CIS
25
Developing countries
65
77
25
South Asia
12
Sub-Saharan Africa
11
10
Latin America/Caribbean
CEE/CIS
East Asia/Pacific
Result
Many infants in developing
countries are not weighed
at birth. However, available
data suggest that in 100
developing countries, lowbirthweight rates are below
10 per cent.
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but
Developing countries
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An estimated 18 million
babies worldwide are born
each year with low birthweight 9.3 million of them
in South Asia and 3.1 million
in sub-Saharan Africa.
Industrialized countries
14
World
0
10
15
20
25
Per cent
Issue
CEE/CIS (0.5)
Source for all graphs: UNICEF, 2001.
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