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Babies with Low Birth Weight
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8.9 percent |
Measurement
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2011 |
| Location: |
Zip Code : 33803
Located in County: Polk
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| Categories: |
Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health
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Why do some zip codes appear, while others do not?
Zip code boundaries change from year to year. Changes include new, consolidated, and removed zip codes and occur more frequently than indicator data is collected and reported. Therefore HCI must select Zip Code boundary files that most closely match the geographies for which we have data.
My Indicator has a map tag, but I cannot see a map.
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HCI maps are designed to map standard geographies (county, zip code, and census tract) and in most cases will not display a custom area.
Why is the indicator data year for one location different from the others?
HCI will occasionally suppress values due to instability of the reported data. Consequently, values shown at other locations on the map may be from different measurement periods than the one shown on this page. Example: Zip Code 1 and Zip Code 2 both have 2010 data for the same indicator, but the data for Zip Code 2 is unstable. Our system will show 2010 data for Zip Code 1, and suppress the 2010 data for Zip Code 2, instead showing the most currently available, stable data.
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of births in which the newborn weighed less than 2,500 grams (5 pounds, 8 ounces). |
| Why this is important: Babies born with a low birth weight are more likely than babies of normal weight to require specialized medical care, and often must stay in the intensive care unit. Low birth weight is often associated with premature birth. While there have been many medical advances enabling premature infants to survive, there is still risk of infant death or long-term disability. The most important things an expectant mother can do to prevent prematurity and low birth weight are to take prenatal vitamins, stop smoking, stop drinking alcohol and using drugs, and most importantly, get prenatal care. The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to reduce the proportion of infants born with low birth weight to 7.8%. |
| Technical Note: The distribution is based on data from 67 Florida counties. |
| Source: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics |
| URL of Source: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics... |
| URL of Data: http://www.floridacharts.com/FLQuery/Birth/BirthRpt.aspx |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
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| 2011 | Rates calculated prior to 2011 do not reflect the population revisions made by the Florida Department of Health. The population data for 2001-2010, along with rates affected by the population data, were revised in August 2012. |
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Babies with Low Birth Weight
| Value: |
8.9 percent |
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Healthy People 2020 Target:
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7.8 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2011 |
| Location: |
Zip Code : 33803
Located in County: Polk
[ View Every Zip Code ] |
| Comparison: |
Healthy People 2020 Target |
| Categories: |
Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of births in which the newborn weighed less than 2,500 grams (5 pounds, 8 ounces). |
| Why this is important: Babies born with a low birth weight are more likely than babies of normal weight to require specialized medical care, and often must stay in the intensive care unit. Low birth weight is often associated with premature birth. While there have been many medical advances enabling premature infants to survive, there is still risk of infant death or long-term disability. The most important things an expectant mother can do to prevent prematurity and low birth weight are to take prenatal vitamins, stop smoking, stop drinking alcohol and using drugs, and most importantly, get prenatal care. The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to reduce the proportion of infants born with low birth weight to 7.8%. |
| Source: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics |
| URL of Source: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics... |
| URL of Data: http://www.floridacharts.com/FLQuery/Birth/BirthRpt.aspx |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
percent
| 2011 | Rates calculated prior to 2011 do not reflect the population revisions made by the Florida Department of Health. The population data for 2001-2010, along with rates affected by the population data, were revised in August 2012. |
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