Low-weight births, babies weighing less than 5.5 lbs. at birth - Kentucky

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Low-weight births, babies weighing less than 5.5 lbs. at birth (Percent) – 1990

Data Provided by: Kentucky Youth Advocates, Inc.

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Scale: 3% - 15%


Kentucky	7%
Adair	5%
Allen	5%
Anderson	7%
Ballard	8%
Barren	9%
Bath	8%
Bell	7%
Boone	5%
Bourbon	6%
Boyd	5%
Boyle	6%
Bracken	8%
Breathitt	4%
Breckinridge	6%
Bullitt	7%
Butler	7%
Caldwell	10%
Calloway	8%
Campbell	6%
Carlisle	5%
Carroll	10%
Carter	7%
Casey	7%
Christian	6%
Clark	6%
Clay	9%
Clinton	7%
Crittenden	6%
Cumberland	10%
Daviess	6%
Edmonson	3%
Elliott	4%
Estill	9%
Fayette	7%
Fleming	4%
Floyd	6%
Franklin	7%
Fulton	10%
Gallatin	9%
Garrard	6%
Grant	5%
Graves	8%
Grayson	11%
Green	6%
Greenup	7%
Hancock	3%
Hardin	7%
Harlan	7%
Harrison	15%
Hart	5%
Henderson	5%
Henry	5%
Hickman	6%
Hopkins	6%
Jackson	5%
Jefferson	8%
Jessamine	5%
Johnson	6%
Kenton	7%
Knott	7%
Knox	7%
Larue	9%
Laurel	7%
Lawrence	8%
Lee	5%
Leslie	10%
Letcher	6%
Lewis	6%
Lincoln	9%
Livingston	8%
Logan	8%
Lyon	7%
Madison	6%
Magoffin	8%
Marion	9%
Marshall	6%
Martin	7%
Mason	8%
McCracken	7%
McCreary	11%
McLean	4%
Meade	6%
Menifee	10%
Mercer	6%
Metcalfe	6%
Monroe	6%
Montgomery	9%
Morgan	5%
Muhlenberg	7%
Nelson	7%
Nicholas	12%
Ohio	4%
Oldham	6%
Owen	8%
Owsley	3%
Pendleton	7%
Perry	9%
Pike	7%
Powell	7%
Pulaski	7%
Robertson	5%
Rockcastle	11%
Rowan	5%
Russell	6%
Scott	8%
Shelby	6%
Simpson	10%
Spencer	9%
Taylor	7%
Todd	7%
Trigg	7%
Trimble	9%
Union	7%
Warren	6%
Washington	8%
Wayne	5%
Webster	6%
Whitley	7%
Wolfe	4%
Woodford	8%

Definitions: Number and percent of infants born weighing less than 5.5 lbs.

Data Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Footnotes: Data are reported by mother’s place of residence, not infant’s place of birth. Data for 2007-2009 are preliminary. LNE = Rates were not calculated for counties with fewer than 6 occurrences.

Updated 11/29/2011

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Amy Swann, KIDS COUNT Coordinator

Kentucky Youth Advocates is a non-partisan, non-profit, children's advocacy organization. KYA represents a voice for Kentucky's most precious asset - its youth. We believe that Kentucky's youth deserve the opportunities and resources necessary to ensure their productive development and health.

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