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Low Weight Live Birth Ratios by County of Residence,
State of Michigan, Michigan Counties and Detroit City, 2000 - 2010

County 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Michigan 78.7 80.4 80.3 82.4 83.8 83.6 84.1 84.3 85.3 83.9 84.4
                       
Alcona 88.6 *   141.2 119.4 95.9 *   116.3 *   157.1 *   *  
Alger *   *   *   *   *   103.4 *   *   94.1 *   *  
Allegan 56.3 61.6 55.2 69.6 69.7 68.4 61.5 80.4 58.5 59.9 68.7
Alpena 78.5 58.7 44.8 59.0 95.1 76.7 125.4 100.9 94.4 88.0 89.2
Antrim 47.1 62.2 61.5 114.9 52.4 61.5 46.3 94.4 71.1 99.1 81.3
Arenac 78.8 60.2 68.6 123.4 41.9 86.2 74.7 68.0 92.7 79.4 118.1
Baraga *   *   111.1 *   *   89.1 *   *   *   90.9 105.9
Barry 78.2 71.3 82.7 69.0 78.4 56.4 80.2 70.1 52.3 63.1 60.3
Bay 83.9 74.9 69.7 72.0 59.1 68.3 70.3 82.7 86.9 87.8 73.6
Benzie 84.6 73.9 62.8 90.9 85.2 82.5 59.1 69.1 75.5 70.6 83.9
                       
Berrien 73.1 80.3 84.0 86.0 85.6 71.7 76.8 89.3 93.4 79.0 92.5
Branch 48.2 67.1 66.0 54.2 62.6 61.5 63.6 74.7 64.6 59.8 48.8
Calhoun 76.3 76.3 73.1 83.1 80.5 88.1 77.9 88.5 90.1 79.8 65.5
Cass 71.3 75.7 96.3 88.9 93.4 118.5 78.7 64.5 76.0 86.9 69.3
Charlevoix 52.3 62.3 82.2 50.8 60.3 55.4 64.3 52.4 82.0 56.3 51.4
Cheboygan 75.8 73.8 49.5 87.6 68.8 57.5 69.0 45.6 61.7 49.1 44.9
Chippewa 35.3 46.2 48.6 39.9 57.2 65.8 58.4 43.0 64.6 63.6 34.6
Clare 77.6 90.9 80.8 90.4 102.7 46.0 82.7 102.7 91.5 69.0 78.1
Clinton 66.9 59.2 61.1 59.9 72.4 83.8 69.9 68.9 66.3 54.9 96.3
Crawford 38.5 108.5 76.3 70.9 53.4 98.4 72.8 96.8 97.7 82.1 83.3
                       
Delta 49.8 73.0 72.1 89.1 81.4 72.5 73.2 96.4 73.7 84.4 65.9
Dickinson 44.9 28.7 71.7 67.2 57.1 47.8 73.0 64.0 56.4 82.3 92.9
Eaton 72.0 64.6 87.7 71.8 59.3 63.7 69.6 64.5 79.2 62.2 75.7
Emmet 63.7 84.7 90.2 56.9 40.8 109.1 57.3 60.1 72.3 62.5 59.0
Genesee 93.3 98.1 97.6 95.1 104.0 95.4 102.9 104.3 106.2 101.3 100.6
Gladwin 63.3 88.7 52.2 64.9 78.4 80.6 72.6 67.7 84.4 106.4 79.7
Gogebic 87.6 60.6 59.3 63.0 63.8 61.1 73.3 76.9 102.6 *   67.2
Grand Traverse 57.5 70.3 59.7 72.1 80.3 65.3 69.4 76.0 60.5 64.6 74.6
Gratiot 74.9 66.5 57.2 81.9 84.0 61.5 59.8 89.7 59.8 87.2 66.8
Hillsdale 71.5 68.5 81.3 85.9 67.8 42.9 70.5 76.5 67.7 53.1 68.4
                       
Houghton 28.2 35.4 51.0 35.1 48.7 33.8 45.2 41.3 49.1 53.7 62.6
Huron 85.4 50.6 49.0 82.6 59.6 76.9 80.6 74.2 65.8 71.2 91.2
Ingham 79.7 79.7 85.5 76.1 92.2 78.1 82.2 84.3 79.4 78.2 79.4
Ionia 56.1 87.4 69.9 57.3 80.3 60.5 58.6 68.1 61.9 63.3 59.4
Iosco 56.4 106.7 62.5 58.0 69.9 65.1 50.2 60.5 66.3 75.8 55.6
Iron *   96.8 72.9 *   66.0 -   *   87.4 *   94.0 *  
Isabella 67.9 79.3 95.7 62.6 85.1 69.2 78.4 79.5 77.4 54.5 69.4
Jackson 77.2 76.6 76.0 82.8 85.6 71.9 89.2 82.9 75.6 82.2 89.8
Kalamazoo 75.3 81.4 75.8 89.8 81.7 93.4 82.3 79.7 79.7 88.7 81.4
Kalkaska 48.7 57.0 108.2 89.4 78.9 100.4 35.0 81.2 102.0 72.5 74.3
                       
Kent 76.5 72.3 70.3 72.3 77.5 75.8 77.3 74.9 73.7 73.1 76.6
Keweenaw *   *   *   -   -   -   *   -   -   -   *  
Lake 60.2 *   *   116.7 54.1 72.0 69.0 79.6 66.0 90.1 101.3
Lapeer 57.6 68.6 66.6 48.8 62.5 49.6 81.0 78.6 69.4 86.1 94.2
Leelanau 58.0 64.0 64.2 73.9 *   85.7 67.1 65.6 *   61.8 49.7
Lenawee 69.1 66.2 60.4 52.3 61.1 80.3 83.3 68.1 74.2 74.0 65.7
Livingston 58.7 51.3 63.8 51.7 62.3 65.6 52.3 67.2 68.5 66.4 65.7
Luce *   *   *   *   114.8 89.6 *   *   *   *   156.3
Mackinac *   59.4 75.0 -   *   *   *   98.9 *   102.6 114.6
Macomb 67.7 73.3 75.8 78.0 73.9 82.8 80.7 86.7 92.6 80.7 84.6
                       
Manistee 59.5 70.0 60.1 118.1 51.3 136.0 74.9 127.2 70.8 88.7 70.4
Marquette 41.5 52.2 61.0 60.3 68.3 60.0 62.9 64.6 82.7 63.1 73.2
Mason 54.9 83.9 79.9 53.5 60.3 69.2 80.0 98.7 57.8 84.7 70.7
Mecosta 75.8 83.9 51.5 50.3 60.2 54.2 80.2 59.8 95.7 52.2 57.0
Menominee 71.7 54.8 85.3 105.5 52.4 51.9 65.5 87.0 83.3 82.2 80.6
Midland 56.6 84.7 69.9 67.2 74.0 92.5 75.1 67.9 71.2 72.5 63.3
Missaukee 88.4 *   52.3 73.2 49.1 73.4 49.5 50.0 *   71.8 63.7
Monroe 58.2 82.4 72.0 74.9 75.6 85.8 75.1 58.7 65.2 67.1 71.7
Montcalm 74.3 66.7 82.0 62.4 82.2 59.9 66.8 59.4 54.4 77.5 68.3
Montmorency *   80.0 116.3 87.9 66.7 *   132.7 *   *   121.6 *  
                       
Muskegon 77.8 91.0 87.9 85.0 82.5 89.2 80.3 84.0 93.0 84.1 83.4
Newaygo 60.0 53.4 47.3 77.5 66.0 56.8 69.6 78.5 58.2 68.4 64.2
Oakland 69.5 71.8 75.1 78.3 80.6 77.1 81.9 80.7 82.6 81.5 80.3
Oceana 80.9 36.7 49.5 54.3 64.6 74.2 53.1 64.4 81.4 79.6 85.2
Ogemaw 46.4 73.6 57.7 54.5 92.1 93.1 36.8 38.6 64.4 36.3 72.9
Ontonagon *   *   *   *   *   *   142.9 *   *   -   *  
Osceola 59.2 66.9 46.9 73.7 61.5 55.0 68.2 74.2 44.4 52.4 34.1
Oscoda *   85.4 *   *   95.2 *   *   *   70.6 *   *  
Otsego 50.5 62.7 56.7 72.2 84.6 43.5 41.7 73.2 59.6 50.2 85.2
Ottawa 53.4 66.7 59.6 58.5 65.3 63.3 66.0 66.3 62.3 66.6 59.7
                       
Presque Isle 55.1 *   48.8 100.7 71.4 60.9 *   98.4 *   84.2 81.6
Roscommon 53.7 *   73.7 57.4 64.2 63.7 57.0 68.0 84.3 68.6 67.5
Saginaw 94.6 87.4 94.6 87.6 89.5 93.0 97.3 112.3 97.4 100.3 90.3
St. Clair 59.2 87.1 66.8 79.2 75.7 81.4 79.5 85.8 76.7 86.0 82.5
St. Joseph 71.6 82.5 68.7 56.3 70.2 63.9 84.3 78.0 52.6 72.8 70.6
Sanilac 60.4 60.1 55.8 81.2 63.6 56.5 65.4 72.3 81.9 54.1 69.2
Schoolcraft *   93.0 *   *   101.3 92.1 *   100.0 *   *   *  
Shiawassee 84.9 62.2 87.2 67.1 76.8 61.1 76.5 92.9 68.7 75.4 69.7
Tuscola 66.6 53.5 56.5 90.3 60.7 57.5 75.6 69.5 87.3 73.3 72.8
Van Buren 70.1 59.2 80.9 67.8 76.3 75.2 53.8 75.2 78.9 62.0 68.3
                       
Washtenaw 74.8 70.1 68.4 76.7 71.3 75.4 78.7 73.9 78.3 82.3 84.1
Wayne 105.4 102.7 101.0 106.5 107.5 109.1 106.6 99.6 107.0 106.4 107.3
  Detroit City 138.7 133.3 129.7 135.4 136.9 141.8 138.9 125.5 132.4 133.1 134.1
  Wayne Excluding
Detroit		 70.7 71.9 73.3 79.0 80.1 78.8 77.3 77.5 85.6 84.2 85.2
Wexford 81.2 58.5 56.4 63.8 46.0 88.0 65.0 91.3 61.7 82.5 62.6
                       

 

Note: Low birthweight is less than 2500 grams. Ratios are low weight births per 1,000 live births.

*An asterisk indicates the ratio does not meet standards of reliability or precision.
Sources: 2000 - 2010 Michigan Residents Birth Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Community Health;
2010 US Census. Population estimates for 2000-2009 use intercensal estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Populations With Bridged Race Categories (latest update 9/2009), but adjusted for error using population estimates from the 2000 and 2010 census. .

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