% of live births weighing 2500 g or more

Albania

INSTAT.

Armenia

Source of data: National Health Information Analytic Center, Ministry of Health of the Republic of
Armenia http://moh.am/?section=static_pages/index&id=625&subID=824,29.
Data collected annually, reference period: 31 December.

Belgium

Source: Federal Public Service of Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Scientific
Institute of Public Health (https://spma.wiv-isp.be/SitePages/Home.aspx). The denominator is the
total number of live births with known birth weight. From 2011 onwards, the definition of the
population imposed by Eurostat was applied; this means the integration of the births of the waiting
registry in our statistics.

Croatia

November 2002: The data are available only from maternity wards. Source: Croatian National Institute
of Public Health

Cyprus

Source of data: Perinatal Health Survey, 2007.

Czechia

In this data, numbers of live births with unknown birthweight are included.
2013: 982 cases of unknown birthweight
2014: 1548 cases of unknown birthweight
Source: Czech Statistical Office (CZSO).

Denmark

Source: From 1997: The Medical Birth Registry, The Danish Health Data Authority
Method: % of live borns weighing 2500 g or more out of all live borns with known birthweight.
Births: http://www.esundhed.dk/sundhedsregistre/MFR/Sider/MFR01.aspx
Birth weights: http://www.esundhed.dk/sundhedsregistre/MFR/Sider/MFR02.aspx

Estonia

Source: from 1992 Medical Birth Registry, National Institute for Health Development.

Finland

Source: Medical Birth Register, THL (National Institute for Health and Welfare).

France

Source of data: 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010: Enquete nationale perinatale; a partir de 2006 (sauf 2010):
certificat de sante de l?enfant du 8ø jour . (La difference de source explique le decrochage en
2010)
Coverage: Whole France.

Georgia

Source: National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia (NCDC) (http://www.ncdc.ge)

Germany

Source: Federal Statistical Office, Statistics on the natural movement of the population, Fachserie
1, Reihe 1.1.
http://www.destatis.de
Coverage: The statistics of births are produced from a compulsory complete count. They are based on
reports from the registrar in whose district the birth has taken place. Births of mothers who live
abroad but gave birth to their child in Germany are not included in the statistics of birth.
Break in time series: From reporting year 2014 onwards data on birth weight are no longer collected.

Iceland

Source: The Icelandic Birth Registration/Statistics Iceland

Ireland

Source: National Perinatal Reporting System up to 1993 and Central Statistics Office from 1995.
Break in series: From 2001, births where weight is not stated are excluded.

Israel

Source: Until 2003, Central Bureau of Statistics. Since 2004, Health Information Division,
Ministry of Health.

Italy

Source to 2001: ISTAT. Source from 2002: Ministry of Health, Health Information System, Delivery
Certificates Database. Coverage in 2003: 84% of deliveries, recorded in National Database of
Hospital Discharges. In 2004: 86% of the deliveries recorded in the National Database of Hospital
Discharges. Coverage in 2005: 92% of deliveries recorded in National Database of Hospital Discharges
in the same year. Coverage in 2006: 92.9% of deliveries, recorded in National Database of Hospital
Discharges in the same year. Coverage in 2007: 93.0% of deliveries, recorded in National Database of
Hospital Discharges in the same year. Coverage in 2008: 96.6% of deliveries, recorded in National
Database of Hospital Discharges in the same year. Coverage in 2009: 98.2% of deliveries, recorded in
National Database of Hospital Discharges in the same year. Coverage in 2010: 98,8% of deliveries,
recorded in National Database of Hospital Discharges in the same year. Coverage in 2011: 98.8% of
deliveries, recorded in National Database of Hospital Discharges in the same year. Coverage in 2012:
99.9% of deliveries, recorded in National Database of Hospital Discharges in the same year. Coverage
in 2013: 100.3% of deliveries, recorded in National Database of Hospital Discharges in the same
year. The number of live births registered in the Delivery Certificates Database in 2013 is:
510.659.

Latvia

Source of data: Since 2002 the data source has been the Newborns State Register.
Coverage: The number of live births includes all live births born in the territory of Latvia.
Children born abroad and registered as residents of Latvia are not included.

Lithuania

Source: HI HIC, data of annual report of maternal hospitals.

Luxembourg

Number of live births, 2500+ grams. Data is ?de facto? and includes all births in Luxembourg,
irrespective of whether or not the person is a resident.
Source: The Ministry of Health.

Malta

Source: Department of Health Information and Research (National Obstetric Information System (NOIS).

Montenegro

Source: Institute of Public Health.

Netherlands

Source: The Netherlands Perinatal Registry. Includes the number of live births born after a
gestational age of 22 weeks or more. Data are derived from the yearbook ?Perinatal Care in the
Netherlands? of PRN. Of the primary and secondary obstetric care only a small percentage of live
births is missing in the numbers (around 3-5%).
Number of live births born at a gestational age of 22 weeks or more with a birth weight of at least
2500 g. divided by the total number of live births born at a gestational age of 22 weeks or more.
The total number of live births includes the live births with an unknown birth weight.

North Macedonia

Source: Institute for Public Health (IPH).

Poland

Source of data: Central Statistical Office.

Portugal

Source of data: National Statistical Institute, Annual Report. Coverage: National

Romania

Source: National Institute of Statistics.

Serbia

Source: National Statistical Office.

Slovakia

Source: National Health Information Centre (NIC)
Web page: http://www.nczisk.sk/Publikacie/Edicia_Zdravotnicka_statistika/Pages/default.aspx

Slovenia

Source of data: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia (NIJZ)

Spain

Source: National Statistics Institute, extracted from ?Demographic Phenomena. Birth Statistics?
The percentage is calculated based on births where the birth weight is available. This data is not
available at around 5% of live births.
http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=/t20/e304/&file=inebase&L=1

Sweden

Source: The National Board of Health and Welfare (NBHW)
The Medical Birth and Malformation Register (NBHW)
Each clinic send reports to NBHW

Switzerland

Percentage of live births weighing 2500g or more among the live births for which the weight is known
(more than 99% of the cases). Source of data: FSO Federal Statistical Office, BEVNAT
http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/infothek/erhebungen__quellen/blank/blank/bevnat/01.html

Türkiye

Source of data: Public Health Institution of Turkey, Ministry of Health of Turkey.
Before 2008, figures were obtained from TSIM database. After 2011, for 2012 figures were obtained
from National Neonatal Screening Programme

Turkmenistan

Source: Administrative medical statistics, forms: 19 ?Report on medical care for pregnant women,
women in labour and puerperant?, 14 ?Report on hospital activity?, 096/y ?Journal of labour? and
102/y ?Journal of newborns? registration?.

Ukraine

In establishments under Ministry of Health only.
Source: Centre of Health Statistics, Ministry of Health.

United Kingdom

England & Wales - Office for National Statistics VS2BW table.
England and Wales : Data has been revised for years 2001-2014 due to a change in the methodology for
how the denominator is calculated for the England and Wales component of the UK value. For England
and Wales live birth total now excludes birth records without a valid birth weight.
Scotland - NHS National Services Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD).
Scotland -
N.Ireland - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
N. Ireland figure is an estimate, calculated by subtracting the number of live births weighing less
than 2500g from the total number of live births. Consequently this method may include births with an
unstated birthweight in addition to valid births of 2500g or above.
Deviation from the Definition: Scotland - excludes births outside hospitals. Calendar year from
SMR02 maternity records.

Estimation Method: The Scotland live births and births weighing 2500g or more figures from Scottish
Morbidity Record 02 (SMR02).The data has been changed from 2000 onwards as this is more up to date
and is our policy to continually update if it is more accurate.

Wales:
Due to data quality, records with birth weight 6000g+ are not included in the above counts
Records with no stated birth weight are also excluded.
Data was re-run from 01/04/2001 based on the financial year of birth.