Risk of newborn death cut in half when pregancy lasts 39 weeks, new research finds

Monday, May 23, 2011 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

Although the overall risk of death is small, a new study found that it more than doubles for infants born at 37 weeks of pregnancy, when compared to babies born at 40 weeks. In 2006, the infant mortality rate was 1.9 for every 1,000 live births for babies born at 40 weeks of pregnancy. The mortality rate increased to 3.9 per 1,000 when a baby was born at 37 weeks of pregnancy.

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