Health Average Pregnancy Length Shorter in the US Than European Countries

tom_mai78101

The Helper Connoisseur / Ex-MineCraft Host
Staff member
Reaction score
1,298
A new study has found that the average pregnancy length in the United States (US) is shorter than in European countries. The research, led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Harvard Medical School, is published in PLOS One.

Hospital organizational structures and staffing differ across various regions of the world, which may impact pregnancy and birthing processes, in addition to pregnancy outcomes. A collaborative research study has analyzed gestational age patterns and timings of both home and hospital births to understand these differences in greater detail.

The researchers, including Professor Rachel Rowe from Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), focused their study on three countries: the US – where most women are cared for by obstetricians – and England and the Netherlands, where pregnancy care is primarily provided by midwives, with further support offered by obstetrics if required.

“For overall gestational age comparisons, we drew on national birth cohorts from the US (1990, 2014 and 2020), the Netherlands (2014 and 2020) and England (2020). Birth timing data was drawn from national data from the US (2014 and 2020), the Netherlands (2014) and from a large representative sample from England (2008–10). We compared timing of births by hour of the day in hospital and home births in all three countries,” the authors write. In total, data on over 3.8 million births in the US, 156,000 births in the Netherlands and over 56,000 births in England were assessed.

 
General chit-chat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • The Helper The Helper:
    Time does not go by faster as you get older just your perception of it. I read some studies about this when you get older you perceive time differently then when you are young
    +1
  • V-SNES V-SNES:
    Happy Friday!
    +1
  • The Helper The Helper:
    Happy Sunday!
    +1
  • The Helper The Helper:
    I will be out of town until Sunday evening
    +1
  • The Helper The Helper:
    I am back! Did you miss me LOL
    +1
  • jonas jonas:
    where did you go?
  • The Helper The Helper:
    Jefferson TX on a Paranormal Investigation of a haunted bed and breakfast - I got some friends that are paranormal investigators and they have an RV and do YouTubes
    +1
  • The Helper The Helper:
    It was a lot of fun. The RV was bad ass
  • jonas jonas:
    That sounds like fun!
    +1
  • The Helper The Helper:
    it was a blast!
  • The Helper The Helper:
    I am going to post the Youtube of the investigation in the forums when it is ready
    +1
  • jonas jonas:
    cool!
  • vypur85 vypur85:
    Sounds cool TH.
  • tom_mai78101 tom_mai78101:
    I was on a Legend of Zelda marathon...
  • tom_mai78101 tom_mai78101:
    Am still doing it now
    +1
  • jonas jonas:
    which one(s) are you playing?
  • jonas jonas:
    I played a little bit of the switch title two weeks ago and found it quite boring
  • The Helper The Helper:
    just got back from San Antonio this weekend had the best Buffalo Chicken Cheesesteak sandwhich in Universal City, TX - place was called Yous Guys freaking awesome! Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!
    +1
  • The Helper The Helper:
    Happy Tuesday!
  • The Helper The Helper:
    We have been getting crazy numbers reported by the forum of people online the bots are going crazy on us I think it is AI training bots going at it at least that is what it looks like to me.
  • The Helper The Helper:
    Most legit traffic is tracked on multiple Analytics and we have Cloud Flare setup to block a ton of stuff but still there is large amount of bots that seem to escape detection and show up in the user list of the forum. I have been watching this bullshit for a year and still cannot figure it out it is drving me crazy lol.
    +1
  • Ghan Ghan:
    Beep boop
    +1
  • The Helper The Helper:
    hears robot sounds while 250 bots are on the forum lol
  • The Helper The Helper:
    Happy Saturday!

    The Helper Discord

    Members online

    No members online now.

    Affiliates

    Hive Workshop NUON Dome World Editor Tutorials

    Network Sponsors

    Apex Steel Pipe - Buys and sells Steel Pipe.
    Top