Between 2014 and 2019, the singleton preterm birth rate in the United States tended to a slow but constant growth that stopped between 2019 and 2020, when there was a slight decrease. Births at less than 34 weeks of gestation, identified in the graph as "Early preterm", represent the lowest percentage of births that were preterm.
This graph shows the percentage of singleton births in the United States that were preterm births between 2014 and 2020.
Percentage of singleton births in the United States that were preterm between 2014 and 2020
"Preterm is births at less than 37 completed weeks of gestation, late preterm is births at 34–36 weeks, and early preterm is births at less than 34 weeks."
Singleton births are "births in pregnancies for which only one fetus is delivered, live or dead, at any time during the pregnancy."
Data are based on information from U.S. birth certificates.
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CDC. (January 21, 2022). Percentage of singleton births in the United States that were preterm between 2014 and 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308897/rates-of-singleton-preterm-births/
CDC. "Percentage of singleton births in the United States that were preterm between 2014 and 2020." Chart. January 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308897/rates-of-singleton-preterm-births/
CDC. (2022). Percentage of singleton births in the United States that were preterm between 2014 and 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308897/rates-of-singleton-preterm-births/
CDC. "Percentage of Singleton Births in The United States That Were Preterm between 2014 and 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308897/rates-of-singleton-preterm-births/
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Percentage of singleton births in the United States that were preterm between 2014 and 2020 [Graph], CDC, January 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308897/rates-of-singleton-preterm-births/
