Preemies Raise U.S. Infant Mortality Rate

The high percentage of preterm babies is the main cause of the high infant mortality rate in the U.S., the CDC says in a new report.

The U.S. “does a good job of saving babies when they are born preterm,” Marian F. MacDorman, PhD, of the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, tells WebMD. “The problem we have is prevention, preventing that preterm birth, and that’s where we are in trouble, I think.” Share it

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