100 US CITIES WITH THE GREATEST NUMBER OF BIRTHS
City, State
Preterm
Birth
Rate (%)
Portland, OR
Oxnard, CA
St. Paul, MN
Seattle, WA
7.2%
7.8%
8.0%
8.1%
Lincoln, NE
Oakland, CA
Santa Ana, CA
Modesto, CA
San Diego, CA
San Jose, CA
Denver, CO
Tacoma, WA
Anaheim, CA
Fontana, CA
Sacramento, CA
Mesa, AZ
Riverside, CA
San Francisco, CA
Spokane, WA
Irving, TX
Long Beach, CA
Laredo, TX
Minneapolis, MN
Reno, NV
New York, NY
Raleigh, NC
Tucson, AZ
Anchorage, AK
Aurora, CO
Chula Vista, CA
8.2%
8.2%
8.2%
8.3%
8.3%
8.3%
8.4%
8.4%
8.5%
8.5%
8.5%
8.6%
8.6%
8.6%
8.6%
8.7%
8.7%
8.8%
8.8%
8.8%
8.9%
8.9%
8.9%
9.1%
9.1%
9.1%
Bakersfield, CA
Boston, MA
Kansas City, MO
Los Angeles, CA
Virginia Beach, VA
Des Moines, IA
Salt Lake City, UT
San Bernardino, CA
Wichita, KS
San Juan*, PR
Durham, NC
Honolulu, HI
Austin, TX
Charlotte, NC
Colorado Springs, CO
Oklahoma City, OK
Orlando, FL
Phoenix, AZ
Albuquerque, NM
Brownsville, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Glendale, AZ
Nashville, TN
Omaha, NE
Fort Wayne, IN
Fresno, CA
Grand Rapids, MI
Rochester, NY
Stockton, CA
Dallas, TX
Lexington-Fayette, KY
North Las Vegas, NV
9.3%
9.3%
9.3%
9.3%
9.3%
9.6%
9.6%
9.7%
9.7%
9.8%
9.9%
9.9%
10.0%
10.0%
10.0%
10.0%
10.0%
10.0%
10.1%
10.1%
10.1%
10.1%
10.1%
10.1%
10.2%
10.2%
10.2%
10.2%
10.2%
10.3%
10.3%
10.3%
Chicago, IL
District of Columbia
Greensboro, NC
Pittsburgh, PA
Toledo, OH
Las Vegas, NV
Louisville, KY
Houston, TX
Indianapolis, IN
Jacksonville, FL
Milwaukee, WI
Fayetteville, NC
Tampa, FL
Knoxville, TN
Norfolk, VA
El Paso, TX
Arlington, TX
Philadelphia, PA
Miami, FL
Buffalo, NY
Corpus Christi, TX
10.4%
10.4%
10.4%
10.4%
10.4%
10.5%
10.5%
10.8%
10.8%
10.8%
10.8%
10.9%
10.9%
11.0%
11.0%
11.1%
11.2%
11.2%
11.3%
11.4%
11.4%
Atlanta, GA
San Antonio, TX
Columbus, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Jersey City, NJ
Lubbock, TX
New Orleans, LA
Baltimore, MD
Newark, NJ
Tulsa, OK
St. Louis, MO
Baton Rouge, LA
Detroit, MI
Birmingham, AL
Cleveland, OH
Memphis, TN
Shreveport, LA
11.5%
11.5%
11.6%
11.8%
12.0%
12.0%
12.1%
12.2%
12.2%
12.4%
12.5%
13.0%
13.0%
13.1%
13.7%
13.7%
18.8%
2013 PRETERM BIRTH RATES & GRADES
Grade
A
March of Dimes
2020 Goal: 8.1%
B
The March of Dimes has set a goal
to reduce preterm birth in the
United States to 8.1 percent by
2020. The 2015 U.S. Premature
Birth Report Card assigned grades
to the 100 cities with the greatest
number of live births in 2013.
Grades are assigned by comparing
the 2013 preterm birth rate in the
city to the March of Dimes 2020
goal.
Percent of Live Births
A 8.1 or less
B 8.2 – 9.2
C 9.3 – 10.3
D 10.4 – 11.4
F 11.5 or greater
C
Notes:
• Preterm is less than 37 weeks
gestation based on obstetric
estimate of gestational age.
• Cities represent those with
the greatest number of live
births out of all cities with a
population of >100,000, as
defined by the National
Center for Health Statistics.
• Cities are sorted by preterm birth
rates and alphabetically by city
name for cities with the same
preterm birth rate.
• *Data shown are for the
municipality of San Juan.
• See the U.S. 2015 Premature
Birth Report Card for more
information.
Source: National Center for Health
Statistics, 2013 final natality data.
Prepared by: March of Dimes
Perinatal Data Center, October 2015.
D
F
© 2015 March of Dimes Foundation