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Israel: Low-birthweight babies

8.98percent · 2020-5.4% since 2010

Low-birthweight babies are newborns weighing less than 2,500 grams, with the measurement taken within the first hour of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred. Annual figures for Israel from 2000 to 2020.

20002020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20208.984
20199.028
20189.074
20179.123
20169.179
20159.237
20149.291
20139.345
20129.398
20119.446
20109.494
20099.538
20089.582
20079.631
20069.686
20059.747
20049.81
20039.862
20029.9
20019.934
20009.96

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNICEF, World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Low-birthweight babies. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-low-birthweight-babies (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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