In 2014, over 380,000 babies were born prematurely. In layman’s terms? That means one in ten babies were born prematurely. According to a recent study by March of Dimes, the United States is one of the world leaders in both premature births & deaths. This means that, as a whole, the United States ranks as a C for it’s prematurity rate. And while a C isn’t the end of the world, this is sort of the thing we should be on the honor roll for.

Only four cities across the country earned a solid A, including Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington, and only a handful of states could muster the same scores. But, on the bright side, this is a sign of improvement. The numbers we’re seeing today we actually our optimistic goals for 2020.  In response, the

But this is the sort of thing we should be getting better at combatting, and it’s nice to see that we are.

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