Study shows higher mortality rates among individuals born preterm, with risks varying by gestational age and highest in early childhood. Study: Short-Term and Long-Term Mortality Risk After Preterm ...

States that spent more on social programs tended to have lower rates of preterm birth, especially among infants of Black mothers, a cross-sectional study revealed. Greater total state social ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Florida’s rate is slightly higher, at about 1 in 9 babies born preterm. In an average ...

Differences (a) and ratios (b) of mean employment income according to gestational age categories by years of age in the matched cohorts. By analyzing all live births in Canada over a six-year period ...

Tamara Etienne's second pregnancy was freighted with risk and worry from its earliest days — exacerbated by a first pregnancy that had ended in miscarriage. A third-grade teacher at an overcrowded ...

Premature birth occurs when a baby is born before full-term development. Alcohol exposure during pregnancy can influence the ...

One in 10 babies in the U.S. – nearly 374,000 infants – were born preterm in 2023, meaning before 37 weeks of pregnancy. More than 15% were very preterm, meaning they were born before 32 weeks. A full ...