Preterm births share United States 1990-2022

The share of preterm births in the United States peaked in 2006 at 12.8 percent of all births. In 2022, 10.38 percent of all births in the United States were preterm births. This statistic depicts the percentage of births that were preterm births in the United States from 1990 to 2022.

Percentage of preterm births in the United States from 1990 to 2022

Characteristic	Percentage of all births
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

April 2024

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Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2022

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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