March of Dimes: Aim for 50 Percent Reduction in Preterm Births by 2030

A nationwide effort to reduce U.S. preterm births to 5.5 percent of all live births by 2030 has been urged by a March of Dimes report. Seven other developed countries already have preterm birth rates below 6 percent, and 15 have rates below 7 percent. The U.S. rate of 11.4 percent in 2013 is one of the highest. The U.S. ranked 37th out of 39 high resource countries in 2010. "The United States spends more money per capita on health care ...

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