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TECHNICAL NOTES <strong>2003</strong> LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT<br />

TEEN BIRTH: a birth to a woman aged 13 to 19 years. See PRE-TEEN BIRTH.<br />

UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH: the disease or injury that initiated the sequence <strong>of</strong> events leading to death. Please see the<br />

Death Data section <strong>of</strong> these Technical Notes, on page 160.<br />

VERY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT: a live birth weighing less than 1,500 grams (approximately 3 pounds 5 ounces). The percent very<br />

low birthweight is the number <strong>of</strong> these births in a population during a given time interval, divided by the total number <strong>of</strong> live births<br />

with known birthweight reported in that population during the same time interval. Very low birthweight infants are at greater risk<br />

<strong>of</strong> mortality and long-term disability than higher weight infants. See LOW BIRTHWEIGHT.<br />

Page 170 <strong>Louisiana</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> Public Health, State Center for Health <strong>Statistics</strong>

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