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Percentage of preterm births in the United States in 2016, by state

Percentage of births that were preterm births in the U.S. in 2016, by state

The data represents the percentage of births in the U.S. that were preterm births in 2016, by state. According to the data among women in Texas who gave birth in 2016, 10.41% had preterm births.

Mississippi	13.65
Louisiana	12.64
Alabama	11.98
West Virginia	11.85
Kentucky	11.41
Tennessee	11.31
Georgia	11.22
South Carolina	11.16
Arkansas	10.87
District of Columbia	10.75
Oklahoma	10.65
Hawaii	10.55
Ohio	10.43
Texas	10.41
North Carolina	10.39
Nevada	10.37
Illinois	10.33
Missouri	10.17
Florida	10.15
Maryland	10.14
Michigan	10.14
Delaware	10.06
New Mexico	9.99
Indiana	9.98
New Jersey	9.87
United States	9.85
Nebraska	9.61
Utah	9.61
Wisconsin	9.59
Virginia	9.56
Wyoming	9.48
Connecticut	9.42
Rhode Island	9.34
Pennsylvania	9.31
Iowa	9.27
North Dakota	9.14
Kansas	9.09
Arizona	9.07
New York	8.96
South Dakota	8.95
Idaho	8.93
Alaska	8.92
Colorado	8.86
Minnesota	8.78
Montana	8.75
Massachusetts	8.66
California	8.61
Maine	8.57
Washington	8.14
Vermont	7.95
Oregon	7.95
New Hampshire	7.79

Percentage of preterm births in the United States in 2016, by state

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