Percentage of Infants Born at Very Low Birth Weight by Race: 1985-2000

Very low birth weight rates have risen for most racial/ethnic groups between 1985 and 2000, when they were 3.1% among blacks, 1.0% of Asian Americans, 1.2% of American Indians, 1.1% of whites, and 1.1% of Hispanics.

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