KidsFlash Fast Fact – Nov. 30, 2012
Date Posted: November 30, 2012
In 2011, 8.7 percent of all babies born in Colorado were born with low birth weights. Low birth weight babies weigh 5.5 pounds or less at birth and are at higher risk for health problems like respiratory distress syndrome and heart problems. To find data on the percent of low-weight births in your county, please visit the KIDS COUNT Data Center.