India Is Now the World's Leading Contributor of Premature Deliveries

As stated by Lata Bhat, late marriage, stress, junk food, lifestyle diseases all lead to infertility amongst women in urban areas. They are then forced to go for assisted reproductive techniques to get pregnant which at times cause premature deliveries.

Globally, prematurity is considered as the leading cause of newborn deaths and the second leading cause of death after pneumonia in children under the age of five.

India is the biggest contributor to the world’s prematurity burden, with almost 3.6 million premature births—accounting for 23.6 percent of the around 15 million global pre-term births—reported each year. Of these, 13 percent are live pre-term births. Premature births refer to births that take place before 36 weeks of the gestation period.

To cut down the number of such deaths, India need the highest level of awareness about this issue instantly! (With IANS input)

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