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Table 3 Hospital specific prevalence of abnormal birth weight and birth weight percentiles

From: Prevalence of abnormal birth weight and related factors in Northern region, Ghana

Hospitals

Birth weigh (kg)

Birth weight percentiles (kg)

N

Mean (SD)

Low Birth weight (<2.5 kg)

Macrosomia (≥4 kg)

5th

10th

50th

90th

95th

CSSH

349

3.2 (0.6)

23 (6.59 %)

70 (20.06 %)

2.4

2.6

3.2

4.1

4.1

TTH

1354

2.9 (0.80)

412 (30.43 %)

145 (10.71 %)

1.5

1.9

2.9

4.0

4.1

TCH

411

3.0 (0.52)

87 (21.17 %)

24 (5.84 %)

2.3

2.4

3

3.6

4.0

TWH

690

2.8 (0.72)

270 (39.13 %)

70 (10.14 %)

1.9

2.0

2.7

4.0

4.1

SDH

514

2.8 (0.72)

191 (37.16 %)

54 (10.51 %)

1.8

2.0

2.7

4.0

4.1

  1. Data are presented in %(n/N), unless otherwise indicated