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Table 1 Country-specific birthweight distribution of singleton term births

From: Searching for the definition of macrosomia through an outcome-based approach in low- and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of the WHO Global Survey in Africa, Asia and Latin America

 

N

Birthweight (g)

Birthweight percentile

  

Mean (SD)

≥4000 (%)

≥4500 (%)

≥P90 (%)

≥P95 (%)

≥P97 (%)

Africa

67546

3225 (489)

7 · 3

1 · 2

20 · 6

12 · 8

10 · 1

 Angola

3304

3125 (473)

3 · 1

0 · 7

20 · 8

12 · 8

10 · 4

 Algeria

14361

3469 (501)

15 · 2

3 · 2

15 · 4

9 · 1

6 · 9

 Democratic Republic of Congo

6989

3077 (452)

2 · 7

0 · 3

22 · 6

15 · 4

11 · 6

 Kenya

16091

3158 (448)

3 · 9

0 · 5

23 · 6

15 · 8

12 · 6

 Nigeria

7721

3059 (442)

2 · 0

0 · 1

16 · 4

10 · 7

8 · 1

 Niger

7296

3215 (494)

8 · 0

1 · 5

19 · 2

10 · 5

8 · 4

 Uganda

11784

3252 (464)

9 · 1

0 · 8

25 · 2

14 · 6

12 · 2

Asia

91595

3037 (464)

2 · 5

0 · 3

20 · 3

13 · 8

10 · 5

 Cambodia

5052

3090 (419)

2 · 5

0 · 5

16 · 6

11 · 2

9 · 1

 China

13595

3333 (419)

7 · 2

0 · 7

17 · 6

10 · 0

7 · 2

 India

18828

2772 (424)

0 · 6

0 · 0

28 · 2

22 · 2

16 · 6

 Nepal

7316

2958 (469)

1 · 7

0 · 2

18 · 0

12 · 2

8 · 4

 Philippines

11946

2961 (425)

1 · 1

0 · 2

19 · 0

12 · 2

9 · 1

 Sri Lanka

13787

2980 (424)

1 · 3

0 · 1

20 · 3

13 · 9

10 · 5

 Thailand

8621

3137 (437)

2 · 5

0 · 3

20 · 9

13 · 5

10 · 1

 Vietnam

12450

3209 (404)

3 · 5

0 · 3

14 · 8

8 · 7

8 · 0

Latin America

87518

3253 (455)

5 · 5

0 · 7

15 · 7

9 · 7

7 · 2

 Argentina

9592

3345 (453)

7 · 5

1 · 1

12 · 8

7 · 4

5 · 0

 Brazil

13373

3223 (446)

4 · 4

0 · 5

14 · 8

9 · 2

6 · 7

 Cuba

11817

3316 (459)

7 · 6

1 · 0

15 · 6

9 · 7

7 · 1

 Ecuador

11359

3117 (440)

2 · 9

0 · 3

14 · 7

9 · 8

6 · 7

 Mexico

18653

3199 (444)

4 · 1

0 · 5

17 · 5

10 · 5

8 · 2

 Nicaragua

5188

3157 (435)

3 · 0

0 · 3

21 · 6

14 · 9

11 · 7

 Paraguay

3051

3389 (472)

10 · 2

1 · 8

16 · 3

10 · 1

7 · 4

 Peru

14485

3348 (442)

7 · 4

0 · 9

14 · 8

9 · 0

6 · 6