Table 10 Low Birth Weight Infants

Table 10
Low Birth Weight (< 2,500 Grams) Infants
By Public Health Region, County Of Residence and Race/Ethnicity Texas, 2015

Geographic Area Total Number Total Percent White** Number White** Percent Black Number Black Percent Hispanic Number Hispanic Percent
Texas 33,178 8.2 12,222 7.4 6,288 13.3 14,668 7.7
Region 1 1,010 8.2 444 7.5 100 13.9 466 8.2
Region 2 622 8.9 387 8.4 58 12.8 177 9.3
Region 3 8,398 8.1 3,596 7.1 2,185 13.5 2,617 7
Region 4 1,147 7.9 636 7.2 318 14 193 5.6
Region 5 912 8.8 462 7.8 307 13.5 143 6.7
Region 6 8,745 8.4 3,172 7.8 2,264 12.7 3,309 7.3
Region 7 3,478 7.6 1,705 7 646 14 1,127 6.9
Region 8 3,538 8.6 1,016 7.6 290 14.1 2,232 8.7
Region 9 892 8.3 366 8.3 50 14.5 476 8
Region 10 1,149 8.4 188 8.8 45 10.6 916 8.2
Region 11 3,287 8.4 250 7.8 25 10.2 3,012 8.5
Anderson 43 6.8 22 5.8 17 15.9 4 2.7
Andrews 24 7.4 12 10.3 0 - 12 5.9
Angelina 98 8.1 42 6.2 26 13.1 30 9.1
Aransas 33 12 23 14.7 0 - 10 8.7
Archer 7 9 6 8.7 0 - 1 *
Armstrong 3 14.3 3 14.3 0 - 0 -
Atascosa 60 8.7 18 7.8 1 * 41 9
Austin 19 5.5 8 4.6 2 5.4 9 6.7
Bailey 14 11.6 5 11.9 0 - 9 11.4
Bandera 15 9.7 9 8 0 - 6 15
Bastrop 89 8.5 44 9 8 15.1 37 7.3
Baylor 4 9.8 4 10.3 0 - 0 -
Bee 31 7.5 8 7.9 1 * 22 7.2
Bell 602 9.3 272 7.8 220 16.2 110 6.7
Bexar 2,505 8.9 616 7.5 257 14.2 1,632 9
Blanco 10 10.4 5 7 0 - 5 20.8
Borden 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Bosque 11 5.9 7 5.5 1 * 3 5.7
Bowie 112 9 63 8.4 45 11.9 4 3.3
Brazoria 384 7.8 196 7.2 65 11.6 123 7.4
Brazos 224 7.7 99 6.1 51 14.3 74 8.1
Brewster 5 5.3 3 6.5 0 - 2 4.3
Briscoe 2 * 1 * 0 - 1 *
Brooks 9 7.7 0 - 0 - 9 8
Brown 48 11.7 42 14.3 1 * 5 4.9
Burleson 16 7.5 12 9 3 9.4 1 2
Burnet 30 5.7 21 6.9 0 - 9 4.1
Caldwell 37 6.8 14 7.3 3 * 20 6
Calhoun 25 7.8 11 8.1 0 - 14 7.9
Callahan 23 15.6 18 14.2 2 * 3 *
Cameron 564 7.8 22 6.9 2 6.7 540 7.9
Camp 8 4.7 4 4.4 2 * 2 3.3
Carson 3 5.5 3 6 0 - 0 -
Cass 37 9.7 25 8.7 9 13.4 3 12
Castro 7 5.6 1 3.4 0 - 6 6.3
Chambers 35 6.8 22 6.3 4 10 9 7.4
Cherokee 62 7.5 35 8.1 10 10.2 17 5.8
Childress 6 10 4 12.5 0 - 2 8.3
Clay 4 4.8 4 5.1 0 - 0 -
Cochran 2 5.1 0 - 0 - 2 8
Coke 4 10.3 4 12.9 0 - 0 -
Coleman 6 8.3 4 7 0 - 2 *
Collin 784 7.2 549 7 107 11 128 6.3
Collingsworth 2 8 1 * 0 - 1 *
Colorado 31 11.7 14 13.1 6 13.3 11 9.7
Comal 136 8.3 87 8.6 3 13.6 46 7.7
Comanche 20 11.6 13 11.7 0 - 7 11.3
Concho 3 9.1 0 - 1 * 2 *
Cooke 35 6.5 20 5.6 3 13.6 12 7.4
Coryell 87 8.4 66 8.7 5 4.8 16 9.1
Cottle 1 * 1 * 0 - 0 -
Crane 7 9 2 * 0 - 5 8.5
Crockett 7 12.5 1 * 0 - 6 15
Crosby 8 8.9 3 11.1 1 * 4 6.7
Culberson 2 5.7 1 * 0 - 1 3.7
Dallam 9 5.8 2 3 0 - 7 7.8
Dallas 3,379 8.4 892 7.3 1,154 13.4 1,333 6.9
Dawson 23 11.3 8 10.8 0 - 15 11.9
Deaf Smith 35 10.1 5 13.2 0 - 30 9.8
Delta 1 1.7 1 1.8 0 - 0 -
Denton 789 7.9 467 7.1 144 14.8 178 7.2
Dewitt 13 4.8 6 3.8 3 * 4 4
Dickens 1 4 1 * 0 - 0 -
Dimmit 14 8.1 2 * 0 - 12 7.8
Donley 2 6.3 1 4.2 1 * 0 -
Duval 14 7.7 0 - 0 - 14 8.1
Eastland 22 11.1 19 11.4 0 - 3 10.3
Ector 272 9.1 98 10.5 13 14.4 161 8.2
Edwards 2 9.1 1 * 0 - 1 *
Ellis 165 7.8 79 6.3 34 17.7 52 7.6
El Paso 1,127 8.4 183 8.9 45 10.7 899 8.2
Erath 38 8.5 25 8.2 0 - 13 9.2
Falls 13 6.3 7 6.6 5 10.9 1 1.9
Fannin 26 7.4 20 7.1 2 * 4 7.3
Fayette 14 5 8 5 2 7.4 4 4.2
Fisher 3 6 1 2.8 0 - 2 *
Floyd 9 12 4 * 0 - 5 8.8
Foard 1 * 0 - 0 - 1 *
Fort Bend 876 8.9 450 8.6 244 11.6 182 7.2
Franklin 13 10.6 7 7.2 1 * 5 21.7
Freestone 17 7.9 8 6.3 4 13.8 5 8.5
Frio 26 10.7 1 3.3 0 - 25 11.8
Gaines 28 6.1 15 5.7 0 - 13 6.9
Galveston 345 8.2 193 8 73 12.9 79 6.4
Garza 8 11.3 4 12.9 0 - 4 10.8
Gillespie 17 6.7 8 5.3 0 - 9 8.8
Glasscock 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Goliad 4 5.1 1 2.4 0 - 3 8.8
Gonzales 29 8.5 8 7.8 5 * 16 7.2
Gray 16 4.8 13 6.3 0 - 3 2.4
Grayson 136 8.7 105 9.2 16 18.8 15 4.5
Gregg 158 8.5 72 7.5 65 16.8 21 4.1
Grimes 37 11.3 18 10.1 8 20.5 11 9.9
Guadalupe 171 9.3 91 9.2 9 10.7 71 9.3
Hale 43 8.9 11 7 3 * 29 9.3
Hall 1 4.8 0 - 0 - 1 *
Hamilton 5 5.4 4 5.4 0 - 1 *
Hansford 2 2.8 0 - 0 - 2 4.4
Hardeman 2 3.9 1 3.6 0 - 1 4.5
Hardin 68 9.8 61 10.1 3 7.3 4 8.7
Harris 6,268 8.5 1,833 7.8 1,780 13.1 2,655 7.3
Harrison 60 7.5 32 7.1 20 12.6 8 4.2
Hartley 3 5.6 2 5.7 0 - 1 *
Haskell 7 12.3 6 15.8 0 - 1 *
Hays 177 7.2 88 7.2 8 12.9 81 6.8
Hemphill 8 10.7 8 20.5 0 - 0 -
Henderson 67 7.5 49 7.5 8 15.4 10 5.3
Hidalgo 1,351 8.4 33 6.8 1 * 1,317 8.5
Hill 22 5.7 15 6.5 3 11.1 4 3.1
Hockley 26 7.8 9 7.6 0 - 17 8
Hood 42 6.2 34 6.2 0 - 8 6.5
Hopkins 30 6.8 19 6.6 4 11.1 7 5.8
Houston 19 8.3 12 9.4 7 10.6 0 -
Howard 45 9.3 19 8.7 2 * 24 9.8
Hudspeth 5 11.1 0 - 0 - 5 12.8
Hunt 87 8 54 7.3 13 16.5 20 7.4
Hutchinson 18 6.3 13 6.6 0 - 5 6
Irion 1 * 0 - 0 - 1 *
Jack 4 3.8 1 1.4 0 - 3 9.7
Jackson 15 7.1 5 4.6 2 * 8 8.3
Jasper 37 7.9 31 8.7 5 7.1 1 2.3
Jeff Davis 1 * 1 * 0 - 0 -
Jefferson 363 9.6 104 7.4 191 14.2 68 6.6
Jim Hogg 5 5.6 1 * 0 - 4 5
Jim Wells 64 10 8 8.8 0 - 56 10.3
Johnson 123 5.9 91 6.2 2 3.9 30 5.3
Jones 17 11.6 12 11.7 0 - 5 11.6
Karnes 17 9.4 3 5.3 1 * 13 10.9
Kaufman 107 7 71 7.4 19 11.6 17 4.2
Kendall 24 6.4 12 5.2 0 - 12 8.5
Kenedy 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Kent 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Kerr 42 7.8 26 8.7 0 - 16 6.8
Kimble 1 2.6 0 - 0 - 1 *
King 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Kinney 3 6.4 0 - 0 - 3 7.7
Kleberg 41 9.4 9 9.1 2 * 30 9.3
Knox 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Lamar 60 8.9 43 8.6 14 13.5 3 4.4
Lamb 16 8.6 4 7.3 2 * 10 8
Lampasas 10 4.6 6 4.1 0 - 4 5.9
La Salle 9 8.7 2 * 0 - 7 8
Lavaca 18 7.8 6 3.8 1 * 11 16.7
Lee 13 6.3 4 3.4 5 * 4 5.6
Leon 11 5.2 10 6.7 0 - 1 1.7
Liberty 89 7.9 58 8.1 11 12.9 20 6.1
Limestone 32 10.4 15 9.8 7 15.6 10 9.1
Lipscomb 1 2.3 0 - 0 - 1 *
Live Oak 12 9 5 9.8 0 - 7 8.5
Llano 12 6.8 8 5.8 1 * 3 8.3
Loving 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Lubbock 330 8 134 6.5 49 13.9 147 8.6
Lynn 9 12.9 4 9.8 0 - 5 17.9
Mcculloch 6 6.9 3 5.6 0 - 3 9.1
Mclennan 275 7.8 112 6.4 84 15 79 6.5
Mcmullen 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Madison 6 4.2 1 1.3 3 11.1 2 5
Marion 8 8.1 5 6.7 3 14.3 0 -
Martin 7 7.6 2 6.1 0 - 5 8.6
Mason 1 2 1 3 0 - 0 -
Matagorda 46 8.6 18 9.2 6 14 22 7.5
Maverick 88 7.7 2 3.9 0 - 86 7.9
Medina 44 7.5 19 8 1 * 24 7
Menard 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Midland 237 7.8 104 7.5 21 12.6 112 7.6
Milam 17 5.3 8 4.6 3 8.8 6 5.4
Mills 3 10 1 4.5 0 - 2 *
Mitchell 17 19.3 10 19.2 1 * 6 20.7
Montague 20 8.4 16 8.4 0 - 4 8.7
Montgomery 504 6.9 329 7 23 6.8 152 6.7
Moore 26 6 7 4.9 0 - 19 6.7
Morris 20 12.4 13 12.4 5 16.1 2 8
Motley 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Nacogdoches 64 7.5 23 5.3 26 14.1 15 6.2
Navarro 66 10 24 8.2 20 19.6 22 8.3
Newton 14 10.8 8 8.4 5 16.1 1 *
Nolan 18 8.8 7 6.4 1 * 10 11.6
Nueces 452 9 99 7.3 19 12.3 334 9.5
Ochiltree 10 5.6 3 5.6 0 - 7 5.7
Oldham 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Orange 124 10.3 94 9.8 22 14.4 8 8.7
Palo Pinto 29 8.2 21 8.5 0 - 8 8
Panola 28 10.7 17 8.9 9 20.5 2 7.7
Parker 97 6.5 87 7 3 * 7 3.1
Parmer 12 8.7 3 9.4 0 - 9 8.8
Pecos 23 11.4 1 2.7 2 * 20 12.3
Polk 30 5.4 21 5.4 4 7.3 5 4.4
Potter 179 9.2 75 9 33 15 71 8
Presidio 9 8.4 0 - 0 - 9 9.7
Rains 6 5.9 5 5.7 0 - 1 *
Randall 151 9.1 103 8.6 9 13.8 39 9.7
Reagan 10 14.3 1 4.8 0 - 9 18.4
Real 4 9.8 2 6.9 0 - 2 *
Red River 12 10.8 6 7.5 5 * 1 *
Reeves 17 8.3 4 10.8 0 - 13 7.8
Refugio 10 10.1 3 6.5 0 - 7 14
Roberts 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Robertson 20 9.5 11 9.6 5 11.9 4 7.3
Rockwall 84 8.1 56 7.3 10 17.5 18 8.6
Runnels 8 7.1 5 7.5 0 - 3 6.7
Rusk 58 9 31 7.9 14 15.6 13 7.9
Sabine 3 2.8 2 2.2 1 * 0 -
San Augustine 12 15.2 7 13.7 2 * 3 *
San Jacinto 22 7.8 16 7.2 3 * 3 7
San Patricio 79 7.8 21 6.4 0 - 58 8.5
San Saba 2 2.7 2 5 0 - 0 -
Schleicher 2 8.7 2 * 0 - 0 -
Scurry 23 10 13 12.6 1 * 9 7.5
Shackelford 6 14 6 16.2 0 - 0 -
Shelby 26 7.1 13 6.6 9 15.3 4 3.7
Sherman 1 2.6 1 * 0 - 0 -
Smith 230 7.4 106 6.4 75 13.5 49 5.4
Somervell 6 8 6 10.3 0 - 0 -
Starr 117 9.1 0 - 0 - 117 9.2
Stephens 7 5.9 6 7.3 0 - 1 2.7
Sterling 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Stonewall 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
Sutton 2 4 0 - 0 - 2 5.4
Swisher 14 12.6 8 12.9 1 * 5 11.6
Tarrant 2,354 8.3 955 7.2 658 13.4 741 7.3
Taylor 193 9.2 97 7.4 35 17.7 61 10.3
Terrell 1 * 0 - 0 - 1 *
Terry 16 8.5 1 1.6 1 * 14 11.3
Throckmorton 1 * 0 - 0 - 1 *
Titus 28 5.6 7 4.2 3 6.7 18 6.3
Tom Green 136 7.9 71 8 10 25.6 55 6.9
Travis 1,221 7.5 543 6.9 165 13.2 513 7.2
Trinity 9 6 8 7.1 1 * 0 -
Tyler 23 10.8 20 10.6 2 * 1 *
Upshur 33 7.4 20 5.7 5 15.6 8 11.8
Upton 2 3.3 0 - 0 - 2 6.5
Uvalde 20 4.7 3 3.3 0 - 17 5.1
Val Verde 57 6.3 6 4.8 0 - 51 6.6
Van Zandt 41 6.8 32 6.3 2 * 7 8.2
Victoria 113 8.3 39 7.1 6 10.2 68 9.1
Walker 51 7.6 23 6.2 22 14.2 6 4.2
Waller 52 8.8 15 6.2 16 16.8 21 8.3
Ward 24 12.1 13 14.8 1 * 10 9.6
Washington 30 7.5 13 6.2 14 20.3 3 2.5
Webb 452 8.4 17 12.6 0 - 435 8.3
Wharton 45 7.6 13 6.8 12 13 20 6.4
Wheeler 7 9.3 4 8 0 - 3 12.5
Wichita 132 7.6 79 7 15 8.3 38 9.2
Wilbarger 23 13.7 12 13.5 2 * 9 14.1
Willacy 30 10.3 1 * 0 - 29 10.3
Williamson 435 6.8 283 6.6 38 9.7 114 6.6
Wilson 48 8.6 30 9.1 1 * 17 7.4
Winkler 9 6.8 5 10.2 0 - 4 4.9
Wise 51 6.1 40 6.4 0 - 11 5.2
Wood 32 7.7 22 7 2 * 8 9.6
Yoakum 10 6.2 3 7.5 0 - 7 5.7
Young 5 2.3 4 2.6 0 - 1 1.6
Zapata 23 8.5 0 - 0 - 23 8.6
Zavala 19 9.7 2 * 0 - 17 9.4

 

Note: Denominator for percent excludes missing data.
* Percent is not computed if denominator is less than or equal to 20.
- Percent is not computed if numerator is equal to 0.
** Includes: Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Other and Unknown race/ethnicity categories; as well as multiple race responses.


Definitions:
Race: A geographical population of humankind that possesses inherited distinctive physical characteristics that distinguish it from other populations.
Ethnicity: The classification of a population that shares common characteristics, such as religion, traditions, culture, language, and tribal or national origin.


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