Abstract

Twenty-Year Trends of Low Birth Weight in Japan: A Joinpoint Regression Analysis of Data From 2000 to 2019.

Highlights

  • Low birth weight (LBW), defined as a birth weight

  • Population-based Japanese vital statistics data show that the rate of neonates with LBW has almost doubled from 5.1% in 1975 to 9.5% in 2005 [4]

  • The number of births and LBW newborns by gestational age and sex were obtained from annual vital statistics population data collected by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare based on birth certificates

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Summary

INTRODUCTION

Low birth weight (LBW), defined as a birth weight

Study Design
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DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
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