Table 9.

Prevalence of LBW, prematurity, maternal diabetes, and obesity in low- and middle income countries [18, 28, 96, 97]

Fetal/maternal circumstances	Proportions in LMIC
LBW (2010)	15% (138 LMICs)
Prematurity (2010)	11.3% (138 LMIC)
HBW (2004 – 2008)	0.5 – 14.9% (24 countries)
Gestational diabetes (2013)	0.4 – 24.3% (15 countries)
Maternal overweight (2003 – 2009)	13.7% (27 sub-Saharan countries)
Maternal obesity (2003 – 2009)	5.3% (27 sub-Saharan countries)

HBW, high birth weight; LMIC, low- and middle-income countries. In gestational diabetes, rates vary in part related to differences in cutoff values for diagnosis.