% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Roraima
Roraima: % of premature births - less than 37 weeks was 16.79 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
16.79
Change on year
down 7.4%
Rank
1st
of 11 groups
All-time high
18.14
in 2023
All-time low
12.2
in 2017
Years of data
13
2012–2024
% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Roraima, 2012–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Roraima recorded 16.79 for % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.4% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Roraima peaked at 18.14 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12.2, in 2017.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
% of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Roraima, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 16.2 | — |
| 2013 | 15 | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 13.8 | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 13.6 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 14 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 12.2 | -12.9% |
| 2018 | 12.7 | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 13.4 | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 15.3 | +14.2% |
| 2021 | 16.34 | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 17.73 | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 18.14 | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 16.79 | -7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.86 | 12.2 | 16.2 | 8 |
| 2020s | 16.86 | 15.3 | 18.14 | 5 |
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- Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for 6.3 (2025)
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 19.69 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 4.86 (2025)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 76.36 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 13.57 (2024)
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 24.6 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 76.39 (2024)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 19.3 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 66.95 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 17 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Roraima?
- % of premature births - less than 37 weeks in Roraima was 16.79 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest % of premature births - less than 37 weeks recorded in Roraima?
- The highest recorded value was 18.14 in 2023.
- What is the lowest % of premature births - less than 37 weeks recorded in Roraima?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.2 in 2017.
- How does Roraima rank for % of premature births - less than 37 weeks?
- Roraima ranks 1st out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is % of premature births - less than 37 weeks rising or falling in Roraima?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Roraima data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of % of premature births - less than 37 weeks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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