Table 13 LOW BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS, RHODE ISLAND, 1989-1993
city/Town	#Births	# low birthweight	% low birthweight		% low birthweight 1988-1992
Barrington	909	35	3.9%		3.7%
Bristol	1,364	71	5.2%		4.8%
Burrillville	1,045	49	4.7%		4.9%
Central Falls	1,997	159	8.0%		8.7%
Charlestown	541	27	5.0%		5.6%
Coventry	2,043	114	5.6%		4.9%
Cranston	4,520	245	5.4%		5.3%
Cumberland	1,786	69	3.9%		4.0%
East Greenwich	603	24	4.0%		4.5%
East Providence	3,131	192	6.1%		6.0%
Exeter	396	25	NA		NA
Foster	297	23	NA		NA
Glocester	550	33	6.0%		5.2%
Hopkinton	520	31	6.0%		5.7%
Jamestown	311	13	NA		NA
Johnston	1,765	103	5.8%		5.4%
Lincoln	1,088	50	4.6%		4.5%
Little Compton	173	9	NA		NA
Middletown	1,442	64	4.4%		5.2%
Narragansett	844	36	4.3%		3.8%
Newport	2,061	108	5.2%		4.9%
New Shoreham	71	3	NA		NA
North Kingstown	1,577	84	5.3%		4.4%
North Providence	1,968	118	6.0%		5.2%
North Smithfield	519	21	4.0%		4.1%
Pawtucket	5,976	392	6.6%		6.4%
Portsmouth	1,061	60	5.7%		5.6%
Providence	16,194	1288	8.0%		8.0%
Richmond	435	19	NA		NA
Scituate	615	29	4.7%		4.9%
Smithfield	961	44	4.6%		4.6%
South Kingstown	1,338	55	4.1%		5.0%
Tiverton	812	48	5.9%		5.3%
Warren	790	48	6.1%		6.7%
Warwick	5,461	290	5.3%		5.3%
Westerly	1,683	104	6.2%		5.8%
West Greenwich	271	15	NA		NA
West Warwick	2,373	147	6.2%		5.7%
Woonsocket	3,673	270	7.4%		7.4%
Core Cities	29,901	2,217	7.4%		7.4%
Remainder of State	43,263	2,298	5.3%		5.1%
Rhode Island	73,164	4,515	6.2%		6.1%
Source: Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Family Health, Maternal and Child Health Database, 1989 to 1993 average. Core Cities are Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newport, and Central Falls.
NA: Percentages were not calculated for cities and towns with less than 500 births, as percentages for small denominators are statistically unreliable.
The denominator is the total number of live births to Rhode Island residents from 1989 to 1993.

Last Update: 5/8/97 by JDC.