Quick Facts:
Perinatal Overview
PeriStats compiles maternal and infant health data from multiple sources. These data are often referred to as perinatal data. The term "perinatal" can be used in a generic or a very specific way. It means around (peri-) the time of birth (-natal), so it can be used to refer to the entire or parts of the period around conception and through the first year of life.
In an average week in St Louis city:
 | 93 babies are born.
| | | 15 babies are born preterm.
| | | 11 babies are born low birthweight.
| | | 1 baby dies before reaching their first birthday.
| | | In St Louis city in 2010, 96.3% of all live births were singleton births and 3.7% were multiple births.
| | | Every 4 1/2 minutes a baby is born with a birth defect in the United States.
| | | During 2006-2008 (average), birth defects accounted for about 1 in 9 infant deaths in St Louis city.
| | | In St Louis city in 2010, 30.6% of live births were cesarean deliveries and 69.4% were vaginal deliveries.
| | | In 2010, about 1 in 18 infants (5.7% of live births) was born to a woman receiving late or no prenatal care in St Louis city.
| | | In 2005, the annual societal economic cost (medical, educational, and lost productivity) associated with preterm birth in the United States was at least $26.2 billion.
| | | In the United States, screening for the 31 core newborn screening conditions is not universally required by rule or law and fully implemented in any state.
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Source
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National Center for Health Statistics, final natality data.
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National Center for Health Statistics, period linked birth/infant death data.
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Annual number of birth defects based on estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center.
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Institute of Medicine. 2007. Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. Published and unpublished analyses.
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Retrieved May 23, 2013, from www.marchofdimes.com/peristats.
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