Health E-Stat 104: Trends in Early-term Singleton Births in the United States, 2014 to 2023

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• Personal Author:
  Martin, Joyce ; Osterman, Michelle J.K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  The risk of infant mortality and long-term morbidity is lower for early-term births (births delivered at 37 and 38 weeks) than for infants delivered at shorter gestational ages but is higher than for those delivered later in pregnancy (1–3). Births delivered at 37 weeks are twice as likely as those born at 38 weeks and three times as likely as those born at 39 and 40 weeks to die in the first month of life (4). The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends delivery at 39 weeks or later, but also notes that there are several complications for which early term delivery is warranted (5). This report presents changes in early-term births from 2014 to 2023 overall and by maternal age, and the percentage of early-term births for which labor was induced.
• Subjects:
  Infant Infant, Newborn Pregnancy Premature Birth* / Epidemiology Risk Factors
• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Health E-Stats
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics ; Report
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  NCHS Health Statiscics
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8dce869e55f85ba3dfb6fe9ab425dcdb58d550ee242b5d2309d9f08dcc2c734f33d64f652ba7edc8f29e6e80a8675f681f29cbdcd57a00fca72769da4a85dbb0
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