Low Weight Live Birth Ratios by County of Residence,
State of Michigan, Michigan Counties and Detroit City, 2013 - 2023

County 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Michigan 82.6 83.8 84.9 85.6 88.3 84.9 87.6 89.8 92.5 92.0 89.3
                       
Alcona *   *   109.1 125.0 103.4 *   150.9 *   *   *   *  
Alger *   107.1 *   135.6 *   *   *   125.0 85.7 *   125.0
Allegan 63.4 65.3 65.1 64.9 77.2 58.0 78.2 65.6 72.0 80.4 81.3
Alpena 61.3 63.6 63.7 59.1 93.1 58.8 96.9 37.0 83.3 78.5 83.7
Antrim 100.0 43.5 112.2 29.7 74.5 35.7 69.6 51.7 91.8 63.8 76.1
Arenac 90.9 82.1 59.7 46.9 106.2 64.7 113.6 63.5 57.6 75.2 61.9
Baraga 77.9 *   *   *   *   *   *   *   75.9 *   *  
Barry 60.6 55.5 66.9 71.1 66.1 71.1 74.8 83.9 72.7 83.1 78.1
Bay 67.1 77.4 78.9 64.0 71.2 64.5 80.9 92.9 83.1 98.4 84.0
Benzie 82.3 62.5 55.2 49.4 56.6 41.1 81.3 121.6 48.3 61.2 57.1
                       
Berrien 75.6 88.0 79.8 74.5 71.2 83.9 83.5 83.7 80.8 99.2 85.4
Branch 70.8 58.5 62.1 63.0 64.2 58.0 88.1 79.5 81.3 66.9 68.9
Calhoun 82.8 86.2 86.5 81.2 101.6 77.6 95.0 100.9 89.1 91.0 96.2
Cass 65.9 64.1 77.8 72.8 80.9 95.7 57.4 65.2 85.7 68.9 84.8
Charlevoix 71.7 51.3 81.1 64.4 64.5 48.6 79.1 70.4 82.1 68.1 47.9
Cheboygan 41.7 69.8 79.3 51.0 83.0 93.8 124.4 62.1 137.1 78.5 74.3
Chippewa 50.0 44.3 46.2 75.5 101.9 42.0 66.4 55.9 53.4 64.7 59.7
Clare 74.6 88.8 56.8 65.7 72.5 65.1 69.6 55.4 95.1 71.0 109.3
Clinton 60.7 53.6 74.9 50.4 54.6 65.2 51.3 67.7 85.0 59.7 86.4
Crawford 106.2 66.7 148.4 112.1 87.0 100.0 *   81.1 87.0 80.4 77.6
                       
Delta 61.8 78.8 80.1 79.9 69.6 62.9 96.1 50.9 29.2 54.3 64.4
Dickinson 134.5 37.7 72.6 52.3 85.0 53.0 76.6 64.9 62.5 57.8 37.4
Eaton 74.3 60.3 63.2 75.1 69.8 68.5 99.5 85.3 86.2 89.2 89.7
Emmet 56.9 66.2 57.5 73.7 62.7 83.3 56.8 69.0 58.8 67.3 82.3
Genesee 97.6 103.5 107.9 105.6 113.3 106.3 98.4 101.9 100.6 111.2 117.8
Gladwin 36.1 87.6 75.5 92.9 77.6 57.0 65.8 68.0 121.7 66.4 39.0
Gogebic *   52.6 61.1 93.8 70.3 70.9 *   129.0 *   *   64.2
Grand Traverse 68.3 72.2 62.6 73.5 73.8 66.1 65.7 76.1 75.6 60.7 43.2
Gratiot 68.5 78.6 96.5 67.2 57.1 84.0 46.6 56.0 74.5 86.7 80.8
Hillsdale 95.3 44.6 66.4 52.9 58.1 45.6 67.7 97.6 104.6 93.2 81.6
                       
Houghton 29.6 33.1 61.3 100.0 56.5 66.0 58.8 57.9 55.7 57.9 52.9
Huron 66.4 51.5 64.9 64.8 76.4 73.4 104.7 82.8 51.3 68.5 85.2
Ingham 82.8 73.3 83.6 88.3 93.5 80.7 84.2 89.2 90.1 97.8 83.6
Ionia 55.9 81.6 65.7 79.2 87.0 73.8 71.6 63.2 69.4 74.0 78.8
Iosco 46.6 86.8 47.0 32.4 96.5 70.9 70.0 99.0 119.8 90.9 64.2
Iron 112.4 72.2 74.1 89.1 136.8 98.8 78.4 108.1 81.1 94.1 122.0
Isabella 64.9 73.2 82.5 72.6 79.3 77.7 82.1 75.4 106.7 74.3 81.4
Jackson 78.1 73.3 94.4 83.7 85.9 93.1 90.9 79.8 99.6 110.6 97.3
Kalamazoo 67.1 80.3 76.8 71.2 88.4 77.8 85.9 82.6 83.6 83.6 80.6
Kalkaska 41.9 65.5 76.5 53.9 72.2 80.6 71.4 56.3 80.2 56.2 90.9
                       
Kent 82.9 82.0 78.7 77.2 80.5 79.0 90.6 93.2 93.4 89.6 86.8
Keweenaw *   -   *   *   *   -   *   *   -   -   *  
Lake 83.3 80.5 90.9 68.0 97.6 142.9 78.4 123.5 163.0 95.7 85.1
Lapeer 60.9 62.3 57.8 71.2 85.0 81.4 61.5 76.8 83.4 85.2 58.9
Leelanau 89.4 *   55.9 52.3 34.3 62.5 42.7 74.3 80.2 109.6 41.4
Lenawee 75.9 74.5 67.8 66.3 75.5 65.3 73.3 81.8 105.7 83.6 71.6
Livingston 61.6 72.8 50.6 54.8 64.7 57.3 67.8 68.1 70.6 75.6 62.2
Luce *   137.9 *   *   *   *   181.8 *   *   *   *  
Mackinac *   66.7 119.0 127.9 *   *   87.0 *   71.4 *   *  
Macomb 85.3 82.9 87.5 89.3 94.7 86.8 87.7 92.5 93.6 99.6 94.3
                       
Manistee 52.0 60.8 67.4 110.2 90.5 *   92.3 57.1 88.1 95.2 73.7
Marquette 70.0 65.8 82.5 71.9 69.8 67.5 67.6 37.8 68.7 63.7 57.5
Mason 77.5 74.2 72.6 99.6 66.4 71.4 69.3 78.2 71.1 76.9 55.8
Mecosta 81.5 63.2 88.0 36.9 55.6 80.5 82.9 67.2 77.6 72.3 68.0
Menominee 45.7 31.4 48.5 35.2 61.5 65.6 46.9 57.1 75.7 50.8 56.6
Midland 72.6 83.8 73.3 73.0 70.0 59.2 64.1 56.8 62.3 70.3 80.6
Missaukee 55.2 45.9 52.9 47.9 68.1 64.9 46.7 58.8 69.4 49.7 57.1
Monroe 69.3 62.8 68.0 79.8 75.8 69.5 92.4 79.3 81.2 72.1 71.5
Montcalm 56.9 73.6 79.3 76.7 66.6 60.1 73.5 71.4 99.7 78.5 65.8
Montmorency *   *   *   *   *   155.8 *   *   108.1 *   *  
                       
Muskegon 107.0 103.6 96.5 92.9 94.1 101.4 93.1 103.4 92.6 118.9 96.7
Newaygo 83.0 46.6 63.1 90.6 68.6 87.0 70.1 87.0 79.8 106.1 58.6
Oakland 80.8 84.4 84.1 84.8 86.4 77.4 84.3 85.0 83.0 81.9 75.6
Oceana 97.1 107.0 61.3 82.5 60.8 71.7 74.5 66.2 76.3 90.6 84.9
Ogemaw 33.9 62.5 41.9 106.1 73.5 89.4 61.1 73.4 87.0 43.2 62.5
Ontonagon *   *   *   205.9 -   *   *   *   250.0 *   *  
Osceola 84.3 85.5 73.8 59.3 37.3 92.5 68.4 87.1 101.6 92.4 96.9
Oscoda 104.5 117.6 115.4 115.4 89.7 *   95.9 *   *   *   78.4
Otsego 83.0 42.8 60.8 53.3 82.4 76.6 69.4 112.0 38.6 60.1 54.3
Ottawa 72.4 53.1 54.9 55.7 63.0 61.9 57.0 62.5 67.0 71.4 64.3
                       
Presque Isle *   *   83.3 70.0 *   *   *   90.0 93.0 *   94.1
Roscommon 71.4 56.3 84.3 75.0 79.8 110.3 44.3 40.8 94.0 70.1 79.8
Saginaw 91.3 98.3 90.1 99.9 99.6 97.6 96.8 105.3 110.0 104.8 94.9
St. Clair 72.6 76.4 80.1 76.9 71.1 73.4 63.4 74.2 77.9 79.6 74.5
St. Joseph 84.2 78.8 60.8 59.1 88.4 61.8 84.5 53.7 52.5 65.8 82.4
Sanilac 77.4 75.0 49.7 69.3 73.7 61.2 70.0 62.7 60.5 79.6 74.4
Schoolcraft *   *   109.1 87.0 *   159.4 *   81.1 *   *   87.0
Shiawassee 68.3 67.4 64.1 100.1 87.8 73.0 69.7 66.6 87.7 68.6 68.3
Tuscola 45.9 58.1 77.2 72.5 75.7 64.9 84.5 67.1 55.0 64.3 66.9
Van Buren 76.5 52.8 62.2 83.7 68.1 69.5 58.7 66.3 88.1 86.3 73.6
                       
Washtenaw 69.4 83.0 77.0 79.2 75.4 75.4 69.9 81.7 80.7 76.9 86.4
Wayne 101.3 106.5 107.9 109.3 108.7 112.0 111.0 114.9 119.8 114.6 118.0
  Detroit City 129.5 138.4 142.5 144.9 140.6 146.3 151.1 150.6 161.8 149.8 157.6
  Wayne Excluding
Detroit		 80.1 83.4 82.7 84.8 86.0 87.9 82.6 90.6 93.3 92.7 93.9
Wexford 53.2 85.0 52.5 84.2 77.5 67.6 51.3 84.7 70.4 84.5 89.9
                       

 

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: 2013 - 2023 Michigan Residents Birth Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services; Population Estimate (latest update 7/2020), National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Populations With Bridged Race Categories
2020-2022 population is 2020 CDC Bridge estimates proportionally fitted to U.S. Census population estimates.



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