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The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to provide an overview of the current status of the identification, treatment, and prognosis of low birth weight babies, including current trends in survivability, in the U.S. population under age 1, as well as common treatments, short and long term functional outcomes of low birth weight, and other considerations.
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Low Birth Weight Babies and Disability
Consensus Study Report
·2024
Approximately 3.6 million live births occur every year in the United States. Between 8 and 9 percent of infants are born with low birth weight (LBW), defined by the medical community as less than 2,500 grams or 5.5 pounds at birth. While most infants born with LBW are not impacted by severe developm...
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