Table 1 Number of live births and rates of low birth weight (<2,500 g) among single newborns in Brazil and its regions according to the 26 state capitals and Brazil’s capital, Brasília, between 1996 and 2011
North | Northeast | Southeast | South | Central West | Brazil | |||||||
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Year | No. of NBsa | LBW %b | No. of NBsa | LBW %b | No. of NBsa | LBW %b | No. of NBsa | LBW %b | No. of NBsa | LBW %b | No. of NBsa | LBW %b |
1996 | 96,544 | 6.6 | 142,999 | 7.0 | 329,838 | 8.9 | 55,853 | 7.4 | 88,757 | 7.2 | 757,125 | 8.0 |
1997 | 97,758 | 6.7 | 138,253 | 7.0 | 330,113 | 8.3 | 55,816 | 7.7 | 88,354 | 6.9 | 755,641 | 7.7 |
1998 | 97,070 | 6.9 | 148,990 | 7.4 | 319,849 | 8.4 | 54,946 | 7.9 | 89,114 | 7.2 | 752,307 | 7.9 |
1999 | 101,800 | 6.5 | 154,737 | 7.3 | 330,555 | 8.1 | 56,501 | 7.8 | 88,987 | 6.8 | 776,043 | 7.6 |
2000 | 92,156 | 7.1 | 150,537 | 7.3 | 315,964 | 8.3 | 55,508 | 7.9 | 87,859 | 6.9 | 744,342 | 7.8 |
2001 | 95,380 | 7.0 | 148,989 | 7.5 | 289,539 | 8.6 | 50,807 | 8.1 | 84,305 | 7.4 | 709,674 | 8.0 |
2002 | 95,236 | 7.5 | 140,019 | 7.7 | 281,203 | 8.6 | 49,364 | 8.0 | 83,620 | 7.4 | 687,278 | 8.1 |
2003 | 94,366 | 7.5 | 143,851 | 7.9 | 282,071 | 8.8 | 46,877 | 8.6 | 83,664 | 7.7 | 687,830 | 8.3 |
2004 | 91,815 | 7.7 | 138,547 | 8.0 | 281,380 | 8.6 | 47,535 | 8.5 | 83,646 | 7.4 | 679,068 | 8.3 |
2005 | 92,576 | 7.4 | 137,631 | 7.8 | 275,483 | 8.4 | 46,382 | 7.9 | 84,069 | 7.4 | 671,783 | 8.0 |
2006 | 94,099 | 7.4 | 136,987 | 7.8 | 270,500 | 8.4 | 46,158 | 7.9 | 83,251 | 7.3 | 666,535 | 8.0 |
2007 | 92,593 | 7.4 | 132,107 | 7.7 | 267,389 | 8.4 | 45,273 | 8.0 | 81,603 | 7.4 | 654,832 | 8.0 |
2008 | 93,642 | 7.4 | 135,418 | 7.9 | 269,555 | 8.2 | 47,184 | 8.1 | 82,933 | 7.5 | 664,285 | 8.0 |
2009 | 93,228 | 7.6 | 132,493 | 7.8 | 272,156 | 8.4 | 46,875 | 8.1 | 82,440 | 7.7 | 662,763 | 8.1 |
2010 | 93,202 | 7.5 | 129,126 | 7.7 | 270,975 | 8.3 | 47,126 | 7.9 | 83,231 | 7.7 | 658,532 | 8.0 |
2011 | 95,611 | 7.6 | 134,181 | 7.8 | 275,449 | 8.1 | 47,502 | 7.8 | 83,810 | 8.0 | 672,217 | 8.0 |
Total | 1,517,076 | 7.2 | 2,244,865 | 7.6 | 4,662,019 | 8.4 | 799,707 | 8.0 | 1,359,643 | 7.4 | 11,200,255 | 8.0 |
APC (95 % CI)c | 1(0.4;1.6)d | 0.7(0.4;1.0)d | −0.5(−1.5;0.6) | 0.3(−0.2;0.8) | 0.7(0.4;1.1)d | 0.1(−0.7;0.8) | ||||||