National, regional, and worldwide estima
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Hannah Blencowe; Simon Cousens; Mikkel Z Oestergaard; Doris Chou; Ann-Beth Molle
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Article
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2012
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The Lancet
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English
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## Background: Preterm birth is the second largest direct cause of child deaths in children younger than 5 years. yet, data regarding preterm birth (<37 completed weeks of gestation) are not routinely collected by un agencies, and no systematic country estimates nor time trend analyses have been do