123rfThe preterm birth rate in South Korea is on the rise, while the country's overall birthrate reached an all-time low, data showed on Sunday.Statistics from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs showed that the total number of births in the nation has decreased over the past decade, shrinking from 471,000 in 2011 to 261,000 in 2021.During the same period, the rate of premature births have increased. The rate of preterm births grew from 6 percent to 9.2 percent and the rate of infants born with a low birth weight increased from 5.

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