Montgomery County Community Indicators

Low Birth Weight

Location	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
United States	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.9	8.1	8.2	8.3	8.2
Ohio	7.6	7.7	7.7	8.0	7.9	8.1	8.3	8.4	8.5	8.7	8.8	8.7	8.6
Butler	6.9	6.8	7.4	7.2	8.2	6.8	7.2	7.0	8.1	7.9	7.7	8.1	7.8
Cuyahoga	9.3	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.3	9.9	9.4	10.3	10.0	10.6	10.6	10.4
Franklin	8.4	8.2	8.0	8.2	8.6	8.2	8.9	9.1	8.9	9.3	9.4	9.7	9.6
Hamilton	8.5	8.6	8.8	9.4	8.5	9.0	9.7	9.5	9.8	10.1	10.1	10.4	10.2
Lorain	6.5	6.8	7.4	7.2	7.6	8.0	8.3	8.1	7.9	8.4	7.8	8.4	7.5
Lucas	7.9	8.7	9.1	8.1	8.0	8.3	9.4	9.0	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.0	9.4
Mahoning	8.3	9.0	8.5	9.4	9.2	9.6	8.8	11.3	9.9	8.9	10.4	9.7	10.8
Montgomery	8.6	8.3	7.9	8.7	9.4	9.3	8.7	9.1	9.1	8.7	8.9	8.7	8.7
Stark	7.9	7.7	8.2	9.0	7.7	8.4	8.2	9.4	9.1	9.5	9.2	10.0	9.3
Summit	8.3	8.5	9.0	8.0	7.7	8.4	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.8	8.8	8.6	8.5
Brookville City							3.5
Centerville City		5.6	5.8	10.4	8.4	8.4	9.0
Dayton City		11.2	9.7	12.0	11.8	12.4	10.7
Englewood City		5.1	5.6	7.1	7.8	10.1	6.8
Huber Heights City		7.6	8.2	6.3	7.5	8.5	8.1
Kettering City		5.6	5.3	4.6	9.1	4.8	7.5
Miamisburg City		4.9	8.8	7.3	7.7	8.7	9.0
Moraine City		8.6	5.3	10.0	4.8	4.4	5.8
Oakwood City		6.1	5.3	5.9	11.6	4.0	4.1
Riverside City		5.1	8.6	6.4	11.2	8.5	6.6
Trotwood City		12.4	8.6	8.3	10.1	9.6	11.0
Union City		2.9	3.9	12.1	1.3	9.1	6.3
Vandalia City		6.2	6.0	5.4	7.7	8.5	6.6
West Carrollton City		7.1	5.5	5.7	7.0	7.6	6.7

The term “low birth weight” is used to describe babies born with a weight of less than 2,500 grams, or 5 lbs. 8 oz. Babies with higher birth weights are more likely to begin life with a healthy start and to have mothers who had prenatal care and did not smoke or drink during pregnancy. Strategies to affect birth weight are focused on education and prevention.

Montgomery

Locality Type: Location: