Table 4

Number and percentage of low birth weight (< 2500 g) and very low birth weight (< 1500 g) singleton babies in the lower and upper Townsend quartiles (as a percentage of singleton births in those quartiles)

Low birth weightVery low birth weight
YearAll singletonsLower quartileUpper quartileAll singletonsLower quartileUpper quartile
1990216 (5.44)46 (4.57)64 (6.57)21 (0.53)6 (0.60)6 (0.62)
1991196 (5.01)50 (5.22)58 (6.01)18 (0.46)4 (0.42)4 (0.41)
1992155 (4.32)33 (3.68)38 (4.40)15 (0.42)2 (0.22)4 (0.46)
1993192 (5.34)32 (3.88)68 (7.56)18 (0.50)2 (0.24)11 (1.22)
1994138 (3.99)24 (2.80)56 (6.43)19 (0.55)1 (0.12)8 (0.92)
1995177 (5.29)29 (3.72)61 (7.20)20 (0.60)0 (0.00)7 (0.83)
1996171 (5.26)28 (3.79)71 (8.22)14 (0.43)3 (0.41)3 (0.35)
1997165 (5.05)26 (3.70)50 (5.90)19 (0.58)1 (0.14)8 (0.94)
1998171 (5.31)24 (3.35)70 (8.04)18 (0.56)3 (0.42)7 (0.80)
1999161 (5.21)17 (2.55)54 (6.39)15 (0.49)0 (0.00)6 (0.71)
2000126 (4.29)24 (3.93)44 (4.84)20 (0.68)3 (0.49)6 (0.66)
2001144 (5.05)19 (3.46)58 (6.95)25 (0.88)3 (0.55)11 (1.32)