Table 1 Distribution of birthweights
From: Dose birthweight matter to quality of life? A comparison between Japan, the U.S., and India
Birthweight (kg) | Japan | Â | U.S. | Â | India | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of observations | Rate | Â | Number of observations | Rate | Â | Number of observations | Rate | ||||
(%) | (%) | (%) | |||||||||
LBW | <  2.5 | 302 | 6.23 | LBW | <  2.5 | 309 | 6.17 | LBW | <  2.5 | 128 | 12.3 |
SBW | 2.5–2.999 | 1364 | 28.1 | SBW | 2.5–2.999 | 1371 | 27.4 | SBW | 2.5–2.999 | 266 | 25.7 |
3.0–3.499 | 1629 | 33.6 | 3.0–3.999 | 1474 | 29.4 | 3.0–3.499 | 209 | 20.2 | |||
3.5–3.999 | 307 | 6.33 | HBW | 4.0–4.499 | 632 | 12.6 | Q_HBW | 3.5–3.999 | 17 | 1.64 | |
HBW | 4.0–4.499 | 58 | 1.2 |  | 4.0–4.499 | 0 | 0 | ||||
4.5 or more | 3 | 0.06 | V_HBW | 4.5 or more | 145 | 2.89 | Â | 4.5 or more | 0 | 0 | |
| Â | Do not know | 1187 | 24.5 | Â | Do not know | 1079 | 21.5 | Â | Do not know | 417 | 40.2 |
| Â | Total | 4850 | 100 | Â | Â | 5010 | 100 | Â | 1037 | Â | 100 |