{"id":12317,"date":"2023-11-22T10:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T04:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/us-gets-low-grade-for-preterm-birth-rates-says-new-report-falling-further-behind\/"},"modified":"2023-11-22T10:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T04:58:09","slug":"us-gets-low-grade-for-preterm-birth-rates-says-new-report-falling-further-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/us-gets-low-grade-for-preterm-birth-rates-says-new-report-falling-further-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"US gets low grade for preterm birth rates, says new report: \u2018Falling further behind\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The rate of preterm births<\/u> remains alarmingly high in the U.S., according to the latest March of Dimes Report Card.<\/p>\n
The figure was around 10.4% as of 2022 \u2014 just a 1% decline from 2021, when the preterm rate was at its highest in a decade.<\/p>\n
Every year, the March of Dimes assigns each U.S. state a preterm birth “grade,” based on the share of babies born before 37 weeks’ gestation.<\/p>\n
PARENTS WELCOME 14-POUND BABY, THE LARGEST ON RECORD SINCE 2010: ‘EVERYBODY WAS MAKING BETS’<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Overall, the U.S. received a D+ in 2022.<\/p>\n Grades of F were given to eight southern states: Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky and West Virginia.<\/p>\n