In 2018, around 57 percent of births in the U.S. were full term births, while 10 percent were preterm. Among non-Hispanic black women around 14 percent of births were preterm, a higher share than what was found among white and Hispanic women.
Distribution of births in the U.S. in 2018, by ethnicity and gestational age
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