Eight states earned a better grade on the 2010 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card and 32 others and the District of Columbia saw their preterm birth rates improve. Following decades of increases, the nation realized the first two- year decline in the preterm birth rate. Unfortunately, the United States still received a “D” on the report card as it did last year because the improvement wasn’t big enough to change the grade.
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