| Title |
Utah health status update: low birth weight and infant deaths / |
| Subject |
Public health; Health status indicators; Outcome assessment (Medical care); Birth weight, Low; Infants (Premature); Prenatal care; Infants; Mortality; Public Health; Health Status; Utah; Health Status Indicators; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Infant Mortality; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Prenatal Care; Infant, Premature |
| Description |
Low birth weight is the birth of an infant weighing less than 2,500 grams (about 5 1/2 lb.). Low birth weight substantially increases the risk of morbidity and infant death. Low birth weight infants often require intensive care at birth and may require special health care and education services later in life. Reducing the low birth weight (LBW) rate is an important public health goal. The Healthy People 2000 objective is to reduce the percentage of LBW infants to 5%. Nationally and in Utah the LBW rate has increased, however. That trend has prompted an examination of trends and risk factors for low birth weight in Utah. This Health Status Update presents highlights of a recent report, Low Birth Weight in Utah. |
| Date |
1999-08 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Digitization Specifications |
25,406 bytes |
| Resource Identifier |
9908lbw.pdf |
| Source |
http://health.utah.gov/opha/publications/hsu/9908lbw.pdf |
| Relation |
EHSL Bib# 90148 |
| Coverage |
1989-1997 |
| Setname |
ehsl_ophl |
| ID |
188345 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64m950f/188345 |
