2026 OCAP State of the Child Report

GOOD HEALTH

Percent of Preterm Births by Race and Ethnicity Riverside County 2017-2019 to 2022-2024 “

Percent of Preterm Births, 2017 to 2024

Riverside County

California

United States

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian Black/African American

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White

10.5

10.4

10.4

10.4

10.1

Hispanic of Any Race Multiracial

10.5%

10.2

9.9 10.0

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 8 0 8.5 9 9.5 10 8.7 8.8 9.0 9.1 8.8 9.1 9.2 9.1 8.8 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.1 8.7 9.4 9.8

15%

14 14.5 12.5 13 13.5 11.5 11 10.5 10 9.5 9 8.5 8 7.5 7 6.5 12

Percent of Preterm Births by Maternal Age Riverside County 2017-2019 to 2021-2023  <20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39

40+

15% 15.5%

14 14.5 12.5 13 13.5 11.5 11 10.5 10 9.5 9 8.5 8 7.5 7 12

0

2017-19 2018-20 2019-21 2020-22 2021-23 2022-24

California Counties Preterm Births 2022-2024

Percent by County

<7.0%

7.0 - 7.9%

0

8.0 - 8.9%

2017-19 2018-20 2019-21

2020-22 2021-23

9.0%+

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*California Department of Public Health data reflect all individuals counted within a county regardless of their place of residence.

March of Dimes. (n.d.). PeriStats. https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats Š‹ California Department of Public Health. (n.d.). Preterm birth dashboard. https://go.cdph.ca.gov/Preterm-Birth-Dashboard

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