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Risk factors leading to premature birth
socio-demographic (family instability, low social life, young families) and medical (previous abortion, multiple births, fetal hemolytic diseases - chronic diseases of the mother caused by rhesus conflict) can be. In addition, premature birth can be caused by occupational harm, bad habits, physical and mental injuries during pregnancy.
A premature baby is defined as a baby born between 22 and 37 weeks of gestation and weighing more than 500 grams. These indicators are included by WHO.