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Table 8 Percent of live births that are not weighed by world region

From: Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (1 of 7): definitions, description of the burden and opportunities to improve data

World Region (UNICEF)

Percent of Births NOT Weighed at Birth

South Asia

74

Sub-Saharan Africa

65

Middle East and North Africa

60

East Asia and Pacific

30

CEE/CIS

21

Latin America and Caribbean

17

  1. Source: Data from Blanc AK, Wardlaw T, 2005 [23]