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,
City Of Detroit Health Department,
Michigan 1989-2022
198921,946  ---  ------  ------  ---
199023,437  ---  ------  ------  ---
199122,702  ---  ------  ------  ---
199220,880  ---  ------  ------  ---
199319,695  ---  ------  ------  ---
199418,785  ---  ------  ------  ---
199516,898  ---  ------  ------  ---
199615,958  ---  ------  ------  ---
199716,091  ---  ------  ------  ---
199815,790  ---  ------  ------  ---
199915,035  ---  ------  ------  ---
200015,219  ---  ------  ------  ---
200114,573  ---  ------  ------  ---
200213,737  ---  ------  ------  ---
200313,500  ---  ------  ------  ---
200413,092  ---  ------  ------  ---
200512,625  ---  ------  ------  ---
200612,514  ---  ------  ------  ---
200711,688  ---  ------  ------  ---
200811,467  2,497  21.82,822  24.65,148  44.9
200910,780  2,185  20.32,591  24.04,843  44.9
201010,570  2,179  20.62,404  22.74,741  44.9
20119,954  2,188  22.02,247  22.64,430  44.5
20129,720  2,187  22.52,277  23.44,128  42.5
20139,736  1,950  20.02,265  23.34,385  45.0
20149,418  2,066  21.92,355  25.03,909  41.5
20159,506  2,034  21.42,549  26.83,937  41.4
20169,037  1,927  21.32,568  28.43,590  39.7
20179,241  1,921  20.82,851  30.93,553  38.4
20189,082  1,902  20.92,733  30.13,409  37.5
20199,058  1,959  21.62,240  24.73,826  42.2
20208,415  2,034  24.22,202  26.23,755  44.6
20217,907  1,990  25.21,913  24.23,569  45.1
20227,699  2,011  26.12,007  26.13,328  43.2

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