Table 2.

Sex, birthweight, and gestational age by group

	Cambodian	Chinese	Filipino	Indian	Japanese	Korean	Laotian	Thai	Vietnamese	All Asian American	Non-Hispanic White
Infant Sex
Male	51.1%	52.1% **	52.0% **	52.0% *	51.4%	51.8%	51.5%	51.5%	51.6%	51.8% **	51.4%
Female	48.9%	48.0%	48.0%	48.0%	48.7%	48.2%	48.5%	48.5%	48.4%	48.2%	48.6%
Birthweight (g)	3162 **	3303 **	3241 **	3191 **	3256 **	3348 **	3157 **	3255 **	3215 **	3252 **	3460
% VLBW[a]	0.8% **	0.4% **	0.9% **	0.8% **	0.5% **	0.5% **	0.8% **	0.7% **	0.5% **	0.6% **	0.6%
% LBW[a]	7.2% **	4.1% **	6.7% **	7.4% **	5.1% **	3.6% **	7.3% **	6.0% **	5.0% **	5.5% **	3.9%
Gestational Age
<28 weeks	0.6% **	0.2% **	0.4% **	0.4% **	0.3% **	0.3% **	0.6% **	0.4% **	0.3% **	0.3% **	0.4%
28–32 weeks	1.4%	0.4%	1.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	1.5%	1.1%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%
33–35 weeks	4.9%	1.6%	3.1%	2.3%	1.6%	1.5%	5.0%	3.3%	2.5%	2.5%	2.0%
36–37 weeks	9.3%	4.9%	7.4%	5.9%	5.1%	4.4%	8.9%	8.0%	6.4%	6.2%	5.4%
38–42 weeks	78.6%	88.5%	83.4%	86.7%	87.7%	87.8%	78.2%	81.4%	85.1%	85.5%	85.3%
43–44 weeks	5.2%	4.4%	4.7%	4.1%	4.7%	5.5%	6.0%	5.8%	5.0%	4.7%	6.3%

^*denotes the Asian-American subgroup is significantly different from Non-Hispanic Whites, p<0.05;

^**denotes p<0.01.

^[a]VLBW is very low birthweight (<1,500g); LBW is low birthweight (<2,500g)