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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Mean and median birthweights for live births by ethnic group
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WhiteAny white background3.363.353.373.393.363.403.403.423.433.40
Mixed/MultipleWhite and Asian, white and black African, white and black Caribbean, any other mixed background3.333.293.363.303.313.393.353.423.333.35
AsianPakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, any other Asian background3.183.193.233.183.173.223.223.253.203.19
BlackAfrican, Caribbean, any other black background3.333.303.263.283.263.323.353.333.333.31
Other3.303.293.303.303.263.313.323.403.343.26

Metadata

Title

Mean and median birthweights for live births by ethnic 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

Local health boards

Geographical coverage

Local health boards

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

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

Keywords

ethnic group, birthweight

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

2018-2022