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Figure 34. Low-Weight Births
Region, 2000
Figure 34: Low-Weight Births (Text Description)
Region, 2000
Rates per 100,000 Neonates
| Northeast (a) |
South |
Midwest |
West |
| 56 |
62 |
56 |
49* |
* = statistically different from (a) at p < 0.05. Rates are adjusted by age and sex, using year 2000 as the standard population.
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