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|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.41% |
| 2023 | 10.41% |
| 2022 | 10.38% |
| 2021 | 10.49% |
| 2020 | 10.09% |
| 2019 | 10.23% |
| 2018 | 10.02% |
| 2017 | 9.93% |
| 2016 | 9.85% |
| 2015 | 9.63% |
| 2014 | 9.57% |
| 2013 | 9.62% |
| 2012 | 9.76% |
| 2011 | 9.81% |
| 2010 | 9.98% |
| 2009 | 10.07% |
| 2008 | 10.36% |
| 2007 | 10.44% |
| 2006* | 12.8% |
| 2005* | 12.73% |
| 2000* | 11.64% |
| 1990* | 10.62% |
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Release date
June 2026
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Region
North America, United States
Survey time period
1990 to 2024
Supplementary notes
Preterm births relate to births after less than 37 completed weeks of gestation.
Figures from 2007 to 2016 represent births of less than 37 completed weeks of gestation based on the obstetric estimate of gestation.
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