Khalid Mehmood, Ijaz Ali, Syed Hyder Raza.
Low Birth Weight Babies; Prevalence Delivered At DHQ Hospital Mirpur AJK.
Professional Med J Jan ;24(8):1176-80.

Objectives: To determine the proportion of LBW Babies among those delivered at DHQ Hospital Mirpur. Study design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Setting: DHQ hospital Mirpur AJK. Duration of study: January 2013-May 2013. Sample size: 459 deliveries. Study population: women reporting in Peads OPD of DHQ hospital Mirpur AJ&K with their babies during study period. Sampling technique: Convenience method. Data collection tool: Data collection Performa. Data analysis: SPSS version 14.0.Results: Out of 459 deliveries conducted at Divisional Head Quarter hospital Mirpur, 149 cases of low birth weight babies (<2500gms) whereas the rest 310 had normal birth weight. Frequency of Low Birth Weight in male new born babies was high, i.e ratio of male babies were 55% (82) out of 149 individuals while females were 45% (67). Less than 37 weeks of gestational age, 37% (55) were preterm babies and 37 – 42 weeks of gestational age, 63% (94) were full term babies.

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