Low Birth Weight (LBW) Rate Calculator

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Online demography calculator to calculate the number of substandard weight infants per 100 live births in a year using low birth weight (LBW) rate formula.

Low birth weight (LBW) rate is the number of substandard (<2500 gram) weight infants per 100 live births in a year.

Calculate number of substandard weight infants per 100 live births

Formula:

LBW [%] = [ No. of substandard infants weight / No. of all live births ] × 100

where,
LBW = low birth weight