Vital Statistics County Data 1995
Table 16.
Low Birthweight Infants by County of Residence, Oregon, 1995
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS
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TOTAL LOW
COUNTY OF TOTAL BIRTH- <=1499 1500-2499
RESIDENCE BIRTHS WEIGHT GRAMS GRAMS
TOTAL 42,715 2,345 374 1,971
BAKER 184 11 2 9
BENTON 800 50 7 43
CLACKAMAS 3,921 203 42 161
CLATSOP 423 33 9 24
COLUMBIA 458 22 3 19
COOS 593 34 8 26
CROOK 214 10 - 10
CURRY 201 14 2 12
DESCHUTES 1,212 60 7 53
DOUGLAS 1,141 75 8 67
GILLIAM 14 1 - 1
GRANT 98 5 - 5
HARNEY 75 2 - 2
HOOD RIVER 300 25 4 21
JACKSON 2,149 134 19 115
JEFFERSON 260 13 - 13
JOSEPHINE 811 40 5 35
KLAMATH 856 49 9 40
LAKE 94 4 - 4
LANE 3,644 193 33 160
LINCOLN 427 25 2 23
LINN 1,347 75 17 58
MALHEUR 509 25 1 24
MARION 4,238 221 33 188
MORROW 136 6 - 6
MULTNOMAH 8,989 541 91 450
POLK 674 39 7 32
SHERMAN 18 1 - 1
TILLAMOOK 247 16 6 10
UMATILLA 1,009 63 12 51
UNION 289 12 2 10
WALLOWA 67 2 1 1
WASCO 279 12 1 11
WASHINGTON 5,970 282 40 242
WHEELER 22 2 - 2
YAMHILL 1,046 45 3 42
RATE FOR
ALL LOW RATE FOR RATE FOR
COUNTY OF BIRTH- <=1499 1500-2499
RESIDENCE WEIGHT GRAMS GRAMS
TOTAL 54.9 8.8 46.1
BAKER 59.8 10.9 48.9
BENTON 62.5 8.8 53.8
CLACKAMAS 51.8 10.7 41.1
CLATSOP 78 21.3 56.7
COLUMBIA 48 6.6 41.5
COOS 57.3 13.5 43.8
CROOK 46.7 - 46.7
CURRY 69.7 10 59.7
DESCHUTES 49.5 5.8 43.7
DOUGLAS 65.7 7 58.7
GILLIAM 71.4 - 71.4
GRANT 51 - 51
HARNEY 26.7 - 26.7
HOOD RIVER 83.3 13.3 70
JACKSON 62.4 8.8 53.5
JEFFERSON 50 0 50
JOSEPHINE 49.3 6.2 43.2
KLAMATH 57.2 10.5 46.7
LAKE 42.6 - 42.6
LANE 53 9.1 43.9
LINCOLN 58.5 4.7 53.9
LINN 55.7 12.6 43.1
MALHEUR 49.1 2.0 47.2
MARION 52.1 7.8 44.4
MORROW 44.1 - 44.1
MULTNOMAH 60.2 10.1 50.1
POLK 57.9 10.4 47.5
SHERMAN 55.6 - 55.6
TILLAMOOK 64.8 24.3 40.5
UMATILLA 62.4 11.9 50.5
UNION 41.5 6.9 34.6
WALLOWA 29.9 14.9 14.9
WASCO 43 3.6 39.4
WASHINGTON 47.2 6.7 40.5
WHEELER 90.9 - 90.9
YAMHILL 43 2.9 40.2
- Quantity is zero.
Rate is significantly different than state.
All rates are per 1,000 births.
WARNING: Rates based on less than 5 events are unreliable.
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