Tuesday, March 27, 2012

more due date statistics

Here's another website with due date statistics:  http://spacefem.com/pregnant/charts/duedate3.php

Summary:
Excluding inductions, here are the percentages for each week:
  • Percentage of babies born at 35 weeks: 1.2%
  • Percentage of babies born at 36 weeks: 3.3% (4.5% to date)
  • Percentage of babies born at 37 weeks: 7.1% (11.6%)
  • Percentage of babies born at 38 weeks: 13% (24.6%)
  • Percentage of babies born at 39 weeks: 26.8% (51.4%)
  • Percentage of babies born at 40 weeks: 30.6% (81.4%)
  • Percentage of babies born at 41 weeks: 15.6% (97.0%)
  • Percentage of babies born at 42 weeks: 2.3% (99.3%)
  • Percentage of babies born at 43 weeks: 0.2% (99.5%)
These percentages are based on the 1301 babies born spontaneously, excluding the 424 babies who were induced. As with the graph, "at 40 weeks" means babies born on 40 weeks, 0 days through 40 weeks, 6 days.

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