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The incidence of preterm infants among total live births and multiple live births during 2000, 2005, and 2008: The preterm group was subdivided according to gestational period (GP) less than 31 weeks and between 32 and 36 weeks of GP. The preterm incidence was much higher for multiple births than total live births with increasing trends.
