Figure 1.
Percentage of all births classified as preterm in the USA, 1981–2004
Source: Martin JA, Kochanek KD, Strobino DM, Guyer B, MacDorman MF. Annual summary of vital statistics—2003. Pediatrics 2005; 115: 619–34.
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