HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Every year in the United States nearly half a million babies are born too soon, says the Pennsylvania Chapter of the March of Dimes. Pennsylvania alone accounts for 15,339 of those babies. Preliminary birth data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health indicates there were slightly more than 138,000 babies born across the state in 2013 with a high of 22,018 in Philadelphia and a low of 37 in Forest County. Using the March of Dime figure and comparing to overall state birth data, approximately 11 percent of Pennsylvania babies are introduced to the world before they should be. "If we can find a way to reduce the number of...
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