U.S. Births Increase by 1% in 2024
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US preterm birth rate was 10.41% in 2024 (births before 37 weeks)
“The preterm birth rate was unchanged at 10.41%.”
Calculation notes
Supplies the all-cause US preterm baseline (0.1041) used to convert every relative effect into an absolute heat-attributable excess. Without this denominator the meta-analysis ORs cannot be turned into a per-pregnancy probability.
Independence note: Official US vital-statistics surveillance; independent of the epidemiological studies.
Source date: 2025-04-23 · Accessed: 2026-06-13
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Provisional total US births in 2024: 3,622,673.
“the number of births increased by 1% from 2023, with 3,622,673 births recorded in 2024.”
Calculation notes
Supplies the annual live-birth denominator used to convert CDC infant botulism case counts into an all-cause per-infant baseline rate (e.g. 152/3,622,673 ~ 4.2 per 100,000). Used only for the context baseline; the formula-attributable rate has no defensible denominator and is left as no_reliable_estimate.
Source date: 2025-04-23 · Accessed: 2026-06-13
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