<prompt> Low bih - weight babies are at a higher risk of dying in the first week because -Congenital anomaly, bih injury and infectionsBih injury, convulsions and asphyxiaConvulsions, congenital anomaly and hypothermiaHypothermia, asphyxia and infections  <response>: The foetal causes of low bih weights are foetal abnormalities,intauterine infections,bih injury etc.REF.PARKS TEXTBOOK OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE.Editon-21.Page no.-494 