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BirthsPrenatal CareInfantsChildrenChildhood ImmunizationsAdult ImmunizationsDeathsChild DeathsTeen DeathsAlzheimer's DiseaseCancerColorectal CancerDiabetesHeart DiseaseSmokingAsthmaObesityNutritionPhysical ActivityMental HealthSexually Transmitted DiseasesOral HealthDeaths due to FirearmsFirearms and ChildrenViolent CrimeMotor Vehicle DeathsOccupational FatalitiesDeaths by SuicideDisabilityCerebrovascular DiseaseStem Cell ResearchNumber of Preterm Births, 2006
| Number of Preterm Births | |
|---|---|
| United States | 542,893 |
| Alabama | 10,788 |
| Alaska | 1,232 |
| Arizona | 13,511 |
| Arkansas | 5,614 |
| California | 57,681 |
| Colorado | 8,595 |
| Connecticut | 4,354 |
| Delaware | 1,641 |
| District of Columbia | 1,360 |
| Florida | 32,612 |
| Georgia | 20,977 |
| Hawaii | 2,293 |
| Idaho | 2,797 |
| Illinois | 23,955 |
| Indiana | 11,734 |
| Iowa | 4,695 |
| Kansas | 4,824 |
| Kentucky | 8,793 |
| Louisiana | 10,360 |
| Maine | 1,569 |
| Maryland | 10,467 |
| Massachusetts | 8,763 |
| Michigan | 15,940 |
| Minnesota | 7,718 |
| Mississippi | 8,633 |
| Missouri | 10,401 |
| Montana | 1,492 |
| Nebraska | 3,339 |
| Nevada | 5,746 |
| New Hampshire | 1,488 |
| New Jersey | 14,852 |
| New Mexico | 4,212 |
| New York | 30,946 |
| North Carolina | 17,369 |
| North Dakota | 1,047 |
| Ohio | 20,033 |
| Oklahoma | 7,487 |
| Oregon | 4,999 |
| Pennsylvania | 17,559 |
| Rhode Island | 1,553 |
| South Carolina | 9,569 |
| South Dakota | 1,511 |
| Tennessee | 12,454 |
| Texas | 54,612 |
| Utah | 6,127 |
| Vermont | 622 |
| Virginia | 12,898 |
| Washington | 9,537 |
| West Virginia | 2,927 |
| Wisconsin | 8,227 |
| Wyoming | 980 |
| Guam | 601 |
| Puerto Rico | 9,677 |
| Virgin Islands | 262 |
| 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 1/28/2009. Source 2: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports. Births: Final Data for 2006, Vol. 57 No. 7, 1/28/2009. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_07.pdf. Accessed 1/28/09. |
| Definitions: | Preterm: less than 37 completed weeks gestation. |
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