Adjust Age Log For Free

Age-adjustment is a statistical process applied to rates of disease, death, injuries or other health outcomes which allows communities with different age structures to be compared.

The developmental milestones are listed by month or year first because well-child visits are organized this way. For a preterm baby, it is important to use the baby's adjusted age when tracking development until 2 years of age so that his growth and progress take into account that he was born early.

Begin with your baby's actual age in weeks (number of weeks since the date of birth) and then subtract the number of weeks your baby was preterm. This is your baby's corrected age. (A pregnancy is now considered "full term" at 39 weeks.)

How Long Should I Use Corrected or Adjusted Age? Most developmental specialists use corrected age for the first 2 to 2 ½ years of life. Since every child is different, health professionals also take into account the number of weeks of prematurity.

Corrected age, or adjusted age, is your premature baby's chronological age minus the number of weeks or months he was born early. For example, a one-year-old who was born three months early would have a corrected age of nine months.

Here's how:Begin with your baby's actual age in weeks (number of weeks since the date of birth) and then subtract the number of weeks your baby was preterm. This is your baby's corrected age. (A pregnancy is now considered "full term" at 39 weeks.)

Babies born at 3237 weeks are plotted in the preterm chart until 2 weeks after their estimated due date. After that, they are plotted in the main charts using their corrected age, which is measured from your due date rather than their birth date.