Latin American Consensus: Children Born Small for Gestational Age

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Prevalence of low birth weight worldwide by region

Regions	% of infants with low birth weight 1995-2000
South Asia	26
Sub-Saharan Africa	12
Middle East & North Africa	11
Latin America & Caribbean	9
CEE/CIS and Baltic States	9
Least developed countries	18
World	14
Developing countries	14
Industrialized countries	7

Abbreviations: CEE, Central and Eastern Europe; CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States.
Source: United Nations Children's Fund 2003 State of the world's children report, 2003. New York: UNICEF, 2003. (2) Available at: http://www.unicef.org/sowc03/contents/index.html. Accessed September 8, 2010.

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