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To characterise this misclassification, we compared gestational age estimates based on LMP from California birth certificates with those based on early ultrasound from a California linked Statewide Expanded Alpha\u2010fetoprotein Screening Program (XAFP). The final sample comprised 165\u2003908 women. Birthweight distributions were plotted by gestational age; sensitivity and positive predictive value for preterm rates according to LMP were calculated using ultrasound as the \u2018gold standard\u2019.<\/jats:p><jats:p>For gestational ages 20\u201327 and 28\u201331\u2003weeks, the LMP\u2010based birthweight distributions were bimodal, whereas the ultrasound\u2010based distributions were unimodal, but had long right tails. At 32\u201336\u2003weeks, the LMP distribution was wider, flatter, and shifted to the right, compared with the ultrasound distribution. LMP vs. ultrasound estimates were, respectively, 8.7% vs. 7.9% preterm (&lt;37\u2003weeks), 81.2% vs. 91.0% term (37\u201341\u2003weeks), and 10.1% vs. 1.1% post\u2010term (\u226542\u2003weeks). The sensitivity of the LMP\u2010based preterm birth estimate was 64.3%, and the positive predictive value was 58.7%. Overall, 17.2% of the records had estimates with an absolute difference of &gt;14\u2003days. The groups most likely to have inconsistent gestational age estimates included African American and Hispanic women, younger and less\u2010educated women, and those who entered prenatal care after the second month of pregnancy. In conclusion, we found substantial misclassification of LMP\u2010based gestational age.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The 2003 revised US Standard Certificate of Live Birth includes a new gestational age item, the obstetric estimate. 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