Live births with low birth weight (number and per 1,000 live births). Classification: years, region, birth weight

Birth weight	Year (descending)
	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013
Live births total	830,019	765,221	766,999	685,795	677,947	662,685	673,544	682,069
including: under 2,500 g	47,863	46,673	49,264	46,517	46,746	45,953	46,492	45,345
including: under 1,500 g	6,799	7,356	8,311	8,090	8,443	8,173	8,503	8,063

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Region	Germany	Germany Baden-Wurttemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg Western Pomerania Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia
Presentation	Number	Number per 1,000 live births

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Comment(s)

• In the 2013 reporting year, the information on birth weight is no longer complete from November onwards for procedural reasons. The information is only comparable to a limited extent with that of previous years.

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• This table will not be updated any more.

Links

• Information concerning Live births and deaths .

The Federal Health Monitoring System 19. Apr 2024