Premature Births Most To Blame For High US Infant Mortality Rate, Government Says (AP) ATLANTA (AP) - Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is... [read full story]
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News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:23 AM EST Who's leading the conversation? In 2005, the United States ranked 30th in the world in infant mortality, behind most European countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States ranks 30th in terms of infant mortality, an important measure of the quality of healthcare, according to a report released on Tuesday. Most of the deaths are among pre-term infants and...
ATLANTA — Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday. About 1 in 8 U.S....
Infant mortality in the U.S. is worse than in 29 other countries, including practically all of Europe, Canada and Australia, says a report just out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost 7 infants die for...
By Maggie Mertens The bad news about the U.S. health system just keeps coming. A premature baby, born at 28 weeks, lies in the neonatal intensive care unit of a New York hospital. The CDC says the large number of premature...
A report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that the U.S. ranked 30th in the world in infant mortality rates, mainly because of a higher rate of pre-term births than most countries in Europe. Analysts say...
Fewer Canadian infants die before their first birthday compared with the Americans, but Canada ranked behind most European countries on the health-care indicator in a new report. Canada ranked 25th out of 31 countries in the...
Premature Births Are Fueling Higher Rates of Infant Mortality in U.S., Report Says By DENISE GRADY Published: November 3, 2009 High rates of premature birth are the main reason the United States has higher infant mortality than...
Nov. 3, 2009 -- 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...
Premature births most to blame for high US infant mortality rate, government says By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA November 3, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Premature births, often due to poor care of...
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