Premature Birth

Sonoma County Maternal Child and Adolescent Health

Racial Inequities Persist in Birth Prematurity

A UCSF study found risk of premature birth 60% higher among women infected with Covid at any point during pregnancy. Add hypertension, diabetes, or obesity and the risk is 160%.

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We Can Help Prevent Preterm Birth by Helping Clients to:

Quit Smoking
Avoid Alcohol and Drugs
Get Prenatal Care Early
Wait 18 Months Between Pregnancies

Learn More: Healthy People 2030

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According to estimates of CDC data for 2020:

Births were down 4%- The 6th consecutive year of decline.
Preterm births declined from 10.23% to 10.9%, but only 1% for Latinx, and not at all for Black women.
Low risk cesarean births are up, from 25.6% to 25.9%

Learn more about hypertensive disorders of pregnancy:

Join us for the Free webinar on November 19^th!

Introducing the "Improved Health Care Response to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy" Toolkit

Friday, November 19 12:00-1:00PM

Presented by:

Maurice Druzin, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine
Nancy Perterson, MSN, RNC, PNNP, CommonSpirit Health
Laurence E. Shields, MD, CommonSpirit Health

Sonoma County Maternal Child and Adolescent Health