Vital Statistics - Birth Database

Pre-term birth of geographic area, count

Pre-term births refers to live births with a gestational age less than 37 weeks.

Geographic area refers to areas whose boundaries are specifically delimited in accordance with well-defined concepts and which, in total, cover the entire landmass of Canada. It excludes Canadian territorial enclaves abroad.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Whole number