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That grade was based on figures from 2007, which show that 12.7% of U.S. births were preterm. Those figures, which have remained constant in recent years, also earned the U.S. a D last year, when the March of Dimes began compiling its report card. The objective, set by federal health experts in the Healthy People 2010 program, is a preterm birth rate of 7.6%. Worldwide, the preterm birth rate is estimated at 9.6%, accounting for 12.9 million babies per year. "Preterm birth remains a very intractable problem," says Dr. Jennifer Howse, president of the March of Dimes Foundation. "It does...
...rate of preterm births, which measures the proportion of babies born before 37 weeks' gestation, is a reflection of a number of factors, both biological and cultural. Starting in 2008, the March of Dimes began tracking three of the major contributors to the high preterm birth rate - lack of insurance among women of childbearing age, rates of cigarette smoking and the rate of babies born preterm, but at the tail end of pregnancy, between 34 and 36 weeks...
...there are encouraging signs that things are moving in the right direction. In 33 states, the percentage of women who smoked dropped from last year; the percentage of insured women of childbearing age with health insurance increased in 21 states; and in a quarter of states, the late-preterm birth rate declined since...
...away the music and the happy bits, and that's what it was like." Two sisters, who were also in the care of the Nazareth House, but in Brisbane, told the AAP that there was no abuse that they hadn't endured. Christine Harms, one of the sisters, gave birth to a son when she was 15, who later died in state care at the age of 11. Harms said she was pleased with the government's recognition of her circumstances. "Mr. Rudd gave us hope and a bit of dignity back...
...play in the funk band I played in. I said, "Man, I don't know if I want to play in this loud, all-night band." And he said, "Man, play in the band. You'll have a good time." (Watch TIME's video "The March of TIME: Birth of Swing...