Table 1.
Distribution of birth weight for respondents’ most recent pregnancy in 10 selected developing countries, with the years surveyed
| Countries | Survey years1 | No. of live births2 | LBW3 |
Extreme LBW4 |
Overall prevalence of LBW5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average weight (g) | Prevalence | Average weight (g) | Prevalence | ||||
| Armenia | 2010 | 1426 | 2214.8 | 8.4 | 1178.6 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Cambodia | 2010 | 5929 | 2292.4 | 14.5 | 1085.0 | 0.4 | 14.2 |
| Colombia | 2010 | 12 029 | 2267.8 | 12.2 | 1114.6 | 1.0 | 11.8 |
| Indonesia | 2012 | 15 135 | 2288.7 | 12.2 | 1098.5 | 0.7 | 12.9 |
| Jordan | 2012 | 9734 | 2202.2 | 19.6 | 1036.4 | 1.3 | 22.0 |
| Nepal | 2011 | 1955 | 2294.4 | 27.1 | 1171.1 | 1.0 | 29.7 |
| Pakistan | 2012-2013 | 1458 | 2147.9 | 31.4 | 1079.9 | 5.8 | 35.1 |
| Tanzania | 2010 | 4325 | 2285.8 | 13.0 | 1072.7 | 0.4 | 13.9 |
| Uganda | 2011 | 4078 | 2231.2 | 15.8 | 1012.3 | 0.8 | 16.9 |
| Zimbabwe | 2010-2011 | 3862 | 2270.6 | 14.2 | 1039.3 | 0.8 | 14.5 |
| Total | 59 932 | 2251.7 | 14.9 | 1076.9 | 1.0 | 15.9 | |
LBW, low birth weight; DHS, Demography and Health Survey.
1
All data were derived from the standard DHS.
2
DHS sampling weight was adjusted.
3
LBW was defined as a birth weight between 1500 g and 2500 g.
4
Extreme LBW was defined as a birth weight <1500 g.
5
The overall prevalence of LBW was defined based on an LBW definition of birth weight <2500 g.