Coming Soon to Kidsdata.org: Preterm Birth Data
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A recent article in the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel chronicled the financial and emotional costs a family faces when a child is born prematurely. Infants born prematurely have a higher risk of developing immediate, severe health problems and lifelong disabilities compared to babies carried to full-term, and research also shows that preterm (vs. full-term) babies have higher death rates in young adulthood.
Given the importance of this issue, as well as its connection to children with special health care needs, which is a focus area for our foundation, we will soon add a new Preterm Birth indicator to kidsdata.org. We also will update the following related indicators:
Stay tuned for these data in the coming months.
Posted by kidsdata.org
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