Evaluation of adjustment methods used to determine prevalence of low birth-weight babies at a rural hospital in Andhra Pradesh, India

• Egile Nagusiak: C Rekha (Egilea), R Margaret Whelan (Egilea), Purushotham Reddy (Egilea), P Sudhakar Reddy (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Accurate reporting of prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) is important for monitoring health of a population. LBW is often underestimated in developing countries due to heaping of the data at 2.5 kg. UNICEF uses an average adjustment factor of 25% to re-classify babies listed as exactly 2.5 kg into...