Table 24. Live births with low birth weight*, 1998-2002
			1998		1999		2000		2001		2002
			N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Texas
	All births		25,425	7.4	25,716	7.4	26,763	7.4	27,595	7.6	28,649	7.7
	Black		5,052	12.6	5,032	12.6	5,219	12.7	5,233	12.9	5,288	12.7
	Hispanic		10,121	6.7	10,437	6.6	11,286	6.8	11,783	6.9	12,501	7.0
	All Other		10,252	6.8	10,247	6.7	10,258	6.6	10,579	6.9	10,860	7.1
Galveston County
	All births		266	7.3	282	7.6	310	8.1	305	8.2	341	8.8
	Black		60	10.2	93	13.8	101	15.0	93	14.8	104	15.0
	Hispanic		55	6.4	63	6.8	71	7.3	68	7.0	62	6.1
	All Other		151	6.8	126	6.0	138	6.4	144	6.8	175	8.1
City of Galveston
	All births		90	9.6	89	9.6	99	11.0	91	10.1	97	10.5
	Black		26	11.3	38	14.2	43	15.4	37	14.4	39	15.9
	Hispanic		22	7.3	20	6.4	25	8.3	23	7.0	26	8.0
	All Other		42	10.4	31	8.9	31	9.6	31	9.7	32	9.1
League City
	All births		29	4.4	37	5.8	40	5.9	40	6.0	46	7.1
	Black		1	3.7	6	20.7	5	17.9	3	11.1	3	7.3
	Hispanic		4	3.7	6	6.2	7	5.6	9	9.0	5	4.8
	All Other		24	4.6	25	4.9	28	5.3	28	5.2	38	7.6
Texas City
	All births		48	8.4	52	8.7	53	8.4	46	7.8	62	9.7
	Black		17	12.0	22	13.2	19	10.1	20	12.3	29	14.9
	Hispanic		9	5.4	11	6.1	16	8.7	13	7.5	9	5.1
	All Other		22	8.3	19	7.6	18	7.0	13	5.2	24	9.0
N=Number of births with low birth weights
%=Percent of births with low birth weights
* Low birth weight is less than 5.5 pounds or 2,500 grams.
Source:  Texas Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics