2026 OCAP State of the Child Report

GOOD HEALTH

Percent of Infants with Low Birthweight Riverside County and California 2018 to 2024 Riverside County California

Percent of Infants with Low Birthweight by Race/Ethnicity Riverside County 2015-2017 to 2021-2023 

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian Black/African American

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White

Hispanic of Any Race Multiracial

7.8

8%

7.5

7.4

13%

7.3

7.1

7.1

11.5 12 12.5

7.4

7.4

6.9

7.3

7.3

7

7.0

6.9

6.7

6 0

11

2018

2019 2020 20214 2022 2023 2024

10.5 10 9.5 9 8.5 8 7.5 7 6.5 6 5.5 5

Low Birthweight (%) by California Counties 2021-2023 ƒ

0

2015-17 2016-18 2017-19 2018-20 2019-21 2020-22 2021-23

Percent by County

<6.0%

6.0% - 6.9%

7.0% - 7.9%

8.0%+

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*California Department of Public Health data reflect all individuals counted within a county regardless of their place of residence.

„ March of Dimes. (n.d.). PeriStats. https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats ‹ƒCalifornia Department of Public Health. (n.d.). Low birthweight dashboard. https://go.cdph.ca.gov/Low-Birthweight-Dashboard

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