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 Denver: | ||200 babies are born.| | ||21 babies are born
preterm.| | ||18 babies are born low birthweight.| | ||2 babies
die before reaching their first birthday.| | ||In Denver in
2010, 96.6% of all live births were singleton births and 3.4%
were multiple births.| | ||Every 4 1/2 minutes a baby is born
with a birth defect in the United States.| | ||In 2008, birth
defects accounted for about 1 in 6 infant deaths in Denver.| |
||In Denver in 2010, 24.6% of live births were cesarean
deliveries and 75.4% were vaginal deliveries.| | ||In 2010,
about 1 in 12 infants (8.6% of live births) was born to a woman
receiving late or no prena