Basic Summary for Premature Birth

Main name of condition: Premature Birth
Other names or spellings: preterm delivery

What is Premature Birth?
  Brief description of Premature Birth: Early delivery of a fetus (before 37th week).
  Parent types of Premature Birth: Uterus conditions, Vagina conditions
  Organs Affected by Premature Birth: uterus, vagina

How many people get Premature Birth?
Incidence (annual) of Premature Birth: 440,000 cases (unreliable estimate)
Incidence Rate of Premature Birth: approx 1 in 618 or 0.16% or 440,000 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Premature Birth?
Complications of Premature Birth: see complications of Premature Birth

What causes Premature Birth?
Causes of Premature Birth: see causes of Premature Birth
Risk factors for Premature Birth: see risk factors for Premature Birth

What are the symptoms of Premature Birth?
Symptoms of Premature Birth: see symptoms of Premature Birth

How is it treated?
Treatments for Premature Birth: see treatments for Premature Birth

Society issues for Premature Birth
Hospitalization statistics for Premature Birth: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Premature Birth:

0.086% (10,916) of hospital consultant episodes were for preterm delivery in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
97% of hospital consultant episodes for preterm delivery required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for preterm delivery were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1% of hospital consultant episodes for preterm delivery required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for preterm delivery in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for preterm delivery in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
28 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for preterm delivery in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for preterm delivery occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for preterm delivery occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for preterm delivery were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.096% (50,397) of hospital bed days were for preterm delivery in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.32% (40,966) of hospital consultant episodes were for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
80% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
53% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
47% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
16.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.03% (540,466) of hospital bed days were for disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Last revision: June 12, 2003

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