Birth weight
Birth weight is the weight of a baby at birth. The average birth weight in babies of Europeans is ; the range of normal weights is from   . On average, babies of south Asian and Chinese people weigh about . The birth weight of a baby is important.  Babies with a low birth weight are 100 times more likely to die compared to babies with a normal one. The rates of babies with low birth weight have changed: In 1970, 7.9% had a low birth weight, in 1980, this dropped to 6.8%, in 2006, it slightly increased to 8.3% in 2006; and the current level is at 8.2%, for the year 2016. The prevalence of low birth weight has trended slightly upward from 2012 to present day.