Question: what percentage of babies are born at 37 weeks?
Answer: Twenty-six percent were born in weeks 37 to 38; 57 percent in weeks 39 to 40; 6 percent in week 41; and less than 1 percent at 42 weeks or beyond. In 2017, 73 percent of babies were born before their due dates. Two decades earlier, in 1997, that figure was 57 percent.