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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Live births by birthweight and gestational age group
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Measure[Filtered]
Year[Filtered]
Measure1
Gestational age[Filter]
Birthweight[Filter]
Click here to sortTotalClick here to sort20-31Click here to sort32-36Click here to sort37-41Click here to sort42+Click here to sortNot statedIncludes missing data and gestational ages <20 weeks and > 45 weeks
Total28,3883431,95924,935992159
<2,500g2,0362791,012718819
2,500-3,999g23,0521790921,259755112
4,000g+3,1903172,92122623
Not statedIncludes missing data and birth weights <500g or 6,000g+11044213735

Metadata

Title

Live births by birthweight and gestational age group

Last update

July 2023 July 2023

Next update

June 2024 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

National Community Child Health Database (NCCHD), Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

Full details of every data item available on both the Maternity Indicators dataset and National Community Child Health Database are available through the NWIS Data Dictionary: http://www.datadictionary.wales.nhs.uk/#!WordDocuments/datasetstructure20.htm

From 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. For more information see the joint statement from Cwm Taf and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Boards (see weblinks). The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf University Health Board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board becoming Swansea Bay University Health Board.
Data for Abertawe Bro Morgannwg and Cwm Taf are available for previous years in this table by selecting the tick boxes in the Area drop-down box.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2011-2022

Keywords

Gestation, birthweight

Statistical quality

More detailed information on the sources of data and analyses in this statistical release are provided in the quality report: https://gov.wales/maternity-and-birth-statistics-quality-report