Birth certificates and a sample of hospital obstetric records for Indochinese refugees in Santa Clara County, CA, 1979-1980, were reviewed. Among 542 live births, the overall median birthweight of 3175 gm and 5.7 per cent rate of low birthweight were favorable; it is our impression that the more recent arrivals, especially Cambodians and Laotians, present at greater risk, lacking prenatal care, and have more infants of low birth rate and more pregnancy complications.

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Infant, Newborn, Diseases refugee newborn disease pregnancy complication Pregnancy Complications human Refugees Abnormalities ethnology United States Humans Adolescent California Infant, Newborn Southeast Asia female congenital malformation newborn pregnancy Infant, Low Birth Weight Article low birth weight adult Asia, Southeastern