In the United States, preterm delivery affects approximately one in 10 births and is the cause of at least 75 percent of neonatal deaths, excluding those related to congenital malformations.1. Preterm labor is defined as labor that occurs before completion of the 37th week of gestation.
Santiago, the capital, is the largest city. The city/urban population is 308,000, but the Santiago Metropolitan Region has more than 6 million inhabitants, representing the most populated and most densely populated region in Chile.he official 2012 estimate placed Chile's population at 17.4 million. Chile's population is estimated to have grown in 2013 to 17,643,916, and in 2015 to 17.9 million, which makes it the 61st most populous country on earth.
Chile is a large and narrow strip situated in southwest South America, bounded on the north by Peru, on the east by Bolivia and Argentina, and on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. Formidable natural barriers mark present-day Chile's boundaries, isolating the country from the rest of South America.hile is considered to be one of the most homogeneous nations of Latin America in both ethnic and cultural terms. In contrast to many other Latin American nations, Chile has not experienced the emergence of strong regionalism or conflicting regional cultural identities.