Table 13C
2002 Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance (1)
State
Maternal Weight Gain and Birth Outcomes by Select Health Indicators
(1) Reporting period is January 1 through
December 31.
(2) Excludes records with unknown data or errors.
(3) Based on 1990 IOM report, "Nutrition During Pregnancy": underweight
prepregnancy (ideal weight gain = 28 to 40 lbs), normal weight prepregnancy
(ideal weight gain = 25 to 35 lbs), overweight prepregnancy (ideal weight gain =
15 to 25 lbs), obese prepregnancy (ideal weight gain = 15 to 25 lbs).
(4) <2500 g.
(5) >4000 g.
(6) <37 weeks gestation.
(7) 37 or more weeks gestation and <2500 g.
* Percentages are not calculated if <100 records are available for analysis
after exclusions.