a total of per cent of the worlds preterm births are found in only countries of which are in the asian and pacific region bangladesh china india indonesia pakistan and the philippines the countries in the region with the highest preterm birth rates in were pakistan per live births indonesia per live births the philippines per live births bangladesh per live births and nepal per live births estimates of this indicator are produced from data collected from such surveys as demographic and health surveys and multiple indicator cluster surveys interpretation should therefore be considered with caution