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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Live births to Welsh residents by birth weight and number of babies
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YearCalendar year [Filtered]
Measure1
Number Of Babies[Filter]
Birth weightBirth weight in grammes [Filter]
Click here to sortAll live birthsClick here to sortSingletonSingle baby born per pregnancyClick here to sortMultipleMore than one baby born per pregnancy, usually twins or triplets
Total28,38827,778610
<2000g726580146
2000-2499g1,3101,104206
2500-2999g4,5484,350198
3000g+21,69421,64054
Not statedIncludes missing data and birth weights <500g or 6000g+1101046

Metadata

Title

Live births to Welsh residents by birthweight and number of births per pregnancy

Last update

July 2023 July 2023

Next update

June 2024 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

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

The National Community Child Health Database consists of anonymised records for all children born, resident or treated in Wales and born after 1987. The database combines data from local Community Child Health System databases which are held by local health boards.

Data collection and calculation

Source: National Community Child Health Database (NCCHD)

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2004-2022

Users, uses and context

Please refer to statistical publication, see link in Weblinks.

Keywords

Child health; births

Statistical quality

Please refer to statistical publication, see link in Weblinks.