This analysis comprises 11,818 Negro newborn infants delivered at Freedmen's Hospital during the period 1939 to 1947. There were 10,692 full term infants and 1126 premature babies. The incidence of prematurity was 9.5%. The average birth weight for full term female infants was 3269 gm. and for males 3378 gm. The combined average for full term infants was 3337 gm.The relatively higher birth weights for Negro infants observed in this series is attributed in a large measure to more favorable economic conditions during the period of observation.
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