Low birth weight infants (less than 2,500 grams), three-year average

Table

Unit %

Years 2020 to 2022 Years 2019 to 2021 Years 2018 to 2020 Years 2017 to 2019 Years 2016 to 2018
Province
New Brunswick
6.2
6.2
6.3
6.3
6.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
7.1
7.1
7.2
6.7
6.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
5.3
5.3
5.6
5.6
5.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
6.5
6.4
6.3
6.0
5.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
4.6
5.0
6.2
6.7
5.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
7.5
5.2
5.4
6.3
6.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
4.9
5.4
5.7
7.9
8.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
5.7
6.0
5.6
6.7
7.0
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

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Source

Government of New Brunswick (Other), Service New Brunswick, Vital Statistics

Calculations

Indicators calculated by the NBHC. Details to come.

Notes

Data not available at the community level.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SNB-VITST-003

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