| Compared with singleton births (one baby), multiple births in Jacksonville were about 5 times as likely to be preterm in 2010. | | Of all live births in Jacksonville in 2010, 96.8% were singletons and 3.2% were multiple births. |
March of Dimes 2020 Goal
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Reduce preterm births to no more than 9.6% of live births.
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For more information, see here.
Healthy people 2020
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Preterm births: reduce to no more than 11.4% of live births.
Source
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National Center for Health Statistics, final natality data.
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Retrieved May 19, 2013, from www.marchofdimes.com/peristats.
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