Although a few countries lowered their preterm birth rates between 2010 and 2020, global rates of preterm births have stagnated at about 10% over the past decade, according to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Of the 13.4 million neonates born before 37 weeks in 2020, about 1 million died of complications due to prematurity.
Source: JAMA Online First