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How common is preterm birth?
One in every eight babies born in the US is preterm so that in 2002, more than 480,000 babies were born too early. Unfortunately the problem is getting worse not better. In fact the rates of preterm birth have increased 29% over the last 20 years, going from 9.4% in 1981 to 12.1% in 2002.2 But d