Preterm births, babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy - Kentucky

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Preterm births, babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy (Percent) – 1990

Data Provided by: Kentucky Youth Advocates, Inc.

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Scale: 0% - 15%


Kentucky	8%
Adair	5%
Allen	6%
Anderson	8%
Ballard	LNE
Barren	7%
Bath	9%
Bell	7%
Boone	7%
Bourbon	8%
Boyd	5%
Boyle	7%
Bracken	15%
Breathitt	8%
Breckinridge	7%
Bullitt	8%
Butler	7%
Caldwell	9%
Calloway	7%
Campbell	6%
Carlisle	0%
Carroll	11%
Carter	7%
Casey	6%
Christian	8%
Clark	7%
Clay	8%
Clinton	6%
Crittenden	6%
Cumberland	10%
Daviess	7%
Edmonson	LNE
Elliott	LNE
Estill	7%
Fayette	8%
Fleming	5%
Floyd	6%
Franklin	8%
Fulton	12%
Gallatin	7%
Garrard	6%
Grant	3%
Graves	7%
Grayson	10%
Green	LNE
Greenup	6%
Hancock	LNE
Hardin	8%
Harlan	9%
Harrison	9%
Hart	6%
Henderson	6%
Henry	6%
Hickman	LNE
Hopkins	6%
Jackson	4%
Jefferson	9%
Jessamine	7%
Johnson	6%
Kenton	7%
Knott	7%
Knox	7%
Larue	7%
Laurel	7%
Lawrence	7%
Lee	LNE
Leslie	8%
Letcher	6%
Lewis	5%
Lincoln	8%
Livingston	6%
Logan	9%
Lyon	11%
Madison	8%
Magoffin	5%
Marion	7%
Marshall	6%
Martin	10%
Mason	5%
McCracken	6%
McCreary	11%
McLean	7%
Meade	9%
Menifee	LNE
Mercer	10%
Metcalfe	7%
Monroe	6%
Montgomery	8%
Morgan	LNE
Muhlenberg	7%
Nelson	9%
Nicholas	LNE
Ohio	3%
Oldham	8%
Owen	7%
Owsley	0%
Pendleton	6%
Perry	10%
Pike	5%
Powell	8%
Pulaski	9%
Robertson	LNE
Rockcastle	12%
Rowan	6%
Russell	8%
Scott	8%
Shelby	9%
Simpson	8%
Spencer	9%
Taylor	6%
Todd	7%
Trigg	6%
Trimble	LNE
Union	7%
Warren	7%
Washington	6%
Wayne	4%
Webster	7%
Whitley	6%
Wolfe	LNE
Woodford	11%

Definitions: Number and percent of babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy.

Data Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Footnotes: Data are reported by mother’s place of residence, not infant’s place of birth. Data for 2007-2009 are preliminary. LNE = Rates were not calculated for counties with fewer than 6 occurrences.

Updated 12/1/2011

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Amy Swann, KIDS COUNT Coordinator

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