Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2004
Table 2.5: Variation in low birth weight across the West
Midlands
Low birth weights (<2500g), % (2000-2002)
| 95% Confidence Interval | |||
| Local Authority | % | Lower Limit | Upper Limit |
| Sandwell | 10.65 | 10.09 | 11.24 |
| Birmingham | 10.62 | 10.33 | 10.91 |
| Walsall | 10.51 | 9.91 | 11.14 |
| Wolverhampton | 10.20 | 9.57 | 10.86 |
| Coventry | 9.69 | 9.14 | 10.26 |
| Stoke-on-Trent UA | 9.23 | 8.62 | 9.87 |
| Worcester | 9.14 | 8.21 | 10.13 |
| East Staffordshire | 9.02 | 8.12 | 10.00 |
| Cannock Chase | 8.93 | 7.95 | 9.98 |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth | 8.77 | 7.92 | 9.69 |
| Wyre Forest | 8.75 | 7.74 | 9.85 |
| Malvern Hills | 8.60 | 7.35 | 9.99 |
| Telford & Wrekin UA | 8.46 | 7.75 | 9.21 |
| Rugby | 8.37 | 7.39 | 9.43 |
| Tamworth | 8.27 | 7.27 | 9.36 |
| South Staffordshire | 7.99 | 6.98 | 9.10 |
| Dudley | 7.91 | 7.40 | 8.45 |
| Redditch | 7.87 | 6.92 | 8.91 |
| Wychavon | 7.55 | 6.66 | 8.51 |
| Solihull | 7.48 | 6.82 | 8.19 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 7.36 | 6.51 | 8.30 |
| Warwick | 7.24 | 6.44 | 8.11 |
| Oswestry | 7.11 | 5.61 | 8.85 |
| Stafford | 6.89 | 6.05 | 7.80 |
| North Warwickshire | 6.84 | 5.74 | 8.07 |
| Shrewsbury & Atcham | 6.82 | 5.95 | 7.78 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 6.82 | 5.86 | 7.88 |
| Lichfield | 6.81 | 5.87 | 7.86 |
| Bridgnorth | 6.74 | 5.45 | 8.22 |
| County of Herefordshire UA | 6.73 | 6.04 | 7.48 |
| Stratford on Avon | 6.14 | 5.35 | 7.01 |
| Bromsgrove | 6.07 | 5.16 | 7.08 |
| South Shropshire | 6.06 | 4.69 | 7.68 |
| North Shropshire | 5.68 | 4.64 | 6.87 |
| West Midlands | 9.06 | 8.92 | 9.20 |
| England | 8.11 | 8.07 | 8.16 |
| SOURCE: ONS PHO annual birth data | |||
| NOTES: | |||
| 1. These figures are based on the NCHOD Compendium of Clinical Indicators definition in which the denominator is all births | |||
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