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Prenatal & Pediatric Care
Preterm Births as a Percent of All Births, 2006
| Preterm Births as a % of Births | |
|---|---|
| United States | 12.8% |
| Alabama | 17.1% |
| Alaska | 11.2% |
| Arizona | 13.2% |
| Arkansas | 13.7% |
| California | 10.7% |
| Colorado | 12.1% |
| Connecticut | 10.4% |
| Delaware | 13.7% |
| District of Columbia | 16.0% |
| Florida | 13.8% |
| Georgia | 14.1% |
| Hawaii | 12.1% |
| Idaho | 11.6% |
| Illinois | 13.3% |
| Indiana | 13.2% |
| Iowa | 11.6% |
| Kansas | 11.8% |
| Kentucky | 15.1% |
| Louisiana | 16.3% |
| Maine | 11.1% |
| Maryland | 13.5% |
| Massachusetts | 11.3% |
| Michigan | 12.5% |
| Minnesota | 10.5% |
| Mississippi | 18.7% |
| Missouri | 12.8% |
| Montana | 11.9% |
| Nebraska | 12.5% |
| Nevada | 14.4% |
| New Hampshire | 10.3% |
| New Jersey | 12.9% |
| New Mexico | 14.1% |
| New York | 12.4% |
| North Carolina | 13.6% |
| North Dakota | 12.1% |
| Ohio | 13.3% |
| Oklahoma | 13.9% |
| Oregon | 10.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 11.8% |
| Rhode Island | 12.6% |
| South Carolina | 15.4% |
| South Dakota | 12.7% |
| Tennessee | 14.8% |
| Texas | 13.7% |
| Utah | 11.5% |
| Vermont | 9.6% |
| Virginia | 12.0% |
| Washington | 11.0% |
| West Virginia | 14.0% |
| Wisconsin | 11.4% |
| Wyoming | 12.8% |
| Guam | 17.7% |
| Puerto Rico | 19.9% |
| Virgin Islands | 15.6% |
| Notes: | US total excludes territories. |
| Sources: | Source 1: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. VitalStats. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/vitalstats.htm. Accessed 1/7/2009. Source 2: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports. Births: Final Data for 2006, Vol. 57 No. 7, 1/7/2009. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_07.pdf. Accessed 1/7/09. |
| Definitions: | Preterm: less than 37 completed weeks gestation. |
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