Posted On: December 15, 2008
Rates of Preterm or Premature Children / Babies Born in the United States
The following data represents the percentage of premature births for the years 1990, 2004, and 2005 provided by the CDC/National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics System. This information is important because as I stated in a previous post children born between the ages of 34 to 36 weeks gestation face a three hundred percent higher risk of developing cerebral palsy compared to children born full term. Furthermore, children born at this period are increasing dramatically in the USA.
Less than 32 weeks
• 1990: 1.9
• 2004: 2.0
• 2005: 2.0
32-33 weeks
• 1990: 1.4
• 2004: 1.6
• 2005: 1.6
34-36 weeks
• 1990: 7.3
• 2004: 8.9
• 2005: 9.1
Totals
• 1990: 10.6
• 2004: 12.5
• 2005: 12.7
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