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Share of preterm births in the United States from 2014 to 2016, by ethnicity

Percentage of births that were preterm births among U.S. women 2014 to 2016, by ethnicity

The data represents the percentage of births in the U.S. that were preterm births from 2014 to 2016, by ethnicity. According to the data among non-Hispanic black women who gave birth in 2016, 13.64% had a preterm birth.

Non-Hispanic white	8.91	8.88	9.06
Non-Hispanic black	13.23	13.41	13.64
Hispanic	9.03	9.14	9.45

Share of preterm births in the United States from 2014 to 2016, by ethnicity

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