Low birthweight as a percentage of total live births reached 6.30% in 2011 in Australia, according to World Bank / WHO. This is 1.61% more than in the previous year.
Historically, low birthweight as a percentage of total live births in Australia reached an all time high of 6.40% in 2006 and an all time low of 5.40% in 1984.
Australia has been ranked 22nd within the group of 39 countries we follow in terms of low birthweight as a percentage of total live births.
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