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Percent of live births
United States |
11.9 |
Maine |
9.9 |
Androscoggin |
9.1 |
Aroostook |
11.4 |
Cumberland |
9.9 |
Franklin |
9.3 |
Hancock |
8.4 |
Kennebec |
9.4 |
Knox |
7.0 |
Lincoln |
10.8 |
Oxford |
9.3 |
Penobscot |
11.5 |
Piscataquis |
10.3 |
Sagadahoc |
9.8 |
Somerset |
9.7 |
Waldo |
9.8 |
Washington |
10.1 |
York |
9.8 |
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Healthy People 2010
 Preterm births: reduce to no more than 7.6% of live births.
Footnotes
Preterm is less than 37 completed weeks gestation.
Source
National Center for Health Statistics, final natality data.
Retrieved March 22, 2005, from www.marchofdimes.com/peristats.
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