摘要
In the past decade, there has been a dramatic growth in perinatal-neonatal care system at provincial and sub-provincial tertiary centers in China. China＇s statistics are staggering： with its 1.35 billion population, the annual number of births is 17 millions. Of this the premature rate is estimated at 8% in urban residents, and 4%-5% in rural residents. As urbanization reached nearly 50% for the whole country, the estimated average for the total premature born is 6%, or more than 1 million each year.In the face of such enormous numbers, it is encouraging that in the most recent years,
In the past decade, there has been a dramatic growth in perinatal-neonatal care system at provincial and sub-provincial tertiary centers in China. China＇s statistics are staggering： with its 1.35 billion population, the annual number of births is 17 millions. Of this the premature rate is estimated at 8% in urban residents, and 4%-5% in rural residents. As urbanization reached nearly 50% for the whole country, the estimated average for the total premature born is 6%, or more than 1 million each year.In the face of such enormous numbers, it is encouraging that in the most recent years,
