YearSingleton Weight Gain of Mother
Weight Gain LowWeight Gain NormalWeight Gain High
NumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
Number & Percent of Live Births by Weight Gain of Mother and by Year,
St. Joseph County, Michigan 1989-2022
1989882  ---  ------  ------  ---
1990919  ---  ------  ------  ---
1991845  ---  ------  ------  ---
1992790  ---  ------  ------  ---
1993847  ---  ------  ------  ---
1994826  ---  ------  ------  ---
1995757  ---  ------  ------  ---
1996842  ---  ------  ------  ---
1997824  ---  ------  ------  ---
1998843  ---  ------  ------  ---
1999862  ---  ------  ------  ---
20001,043  ---  ------  ------  ---
2001912  ---  ------  ------  ---
2002869  ---  ------  ------  ---
2003916  ---  ------  ------  ---
2004904  ---  ------  ------  ---
2005974  ---  ------  ------  ---
2006899  ---  ------  ------  ---
2007940  ---  ------  ------  ---
2008889  174  19.6264  29.7395  44.4
2009777  169  21.8233  30.0327  42.1
2010804  135  16.8199  24.8403  50.1
2011862  161  18.7224  26.0426  49.4
2012700  147  21.0198  28.3349  49.9
2013827  159  19.2242  29.3378  45.7
2014796  167  21.0215  27.0405  50.9
2015771  144  18.7234  30.4386  50.1
2016740  140  18.9201  27.2386  52.2
2017721  148  20.5184  25.5372  51.6
2018744  135  18.1209  28.1378  50.8
2019694  117  16.9199  28.7357  51.4
2020692  141  20.4179  25.9355  51.3
2021638  112  17.6172  27.0337  52.8
2022626  140  22.4168  26.8292  46.6
        

Notes:

--- Triple dashes indicates that the data is not available. Certain birth variables, such as those related to weight gain, BMI, WIC, breastfeeding, infections, tobacco use, chronic conditions and other variables, were not collected before 2008.
Weight Gain Low
Weight gain is considered low if it falls below the IOM recommended range of weight gain.
Weight Gain Normal
Weight gain is considered normal if it is within the IOM recommended range of weight gain.
Weight Gain High
Weight gain is considered high if it rises above the IOM recommended range of weight gain.

Source: 1989 Michigan Birth Certificate Registry;1990-2022 Geocoded Michigan Birth Certificate Registries.
Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services