SC receives an ‘F’ in March of Dimes annual report card

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO/CNN)-The rate of premature birth is on the rise in the United States.
The March of Dimes is out with its annual report card.
It says the pre-term birth rate rose 4% from 2020 to hit 10.5% last year – representing a 15-year high.
On its grading system, the March of Dimes gives the country a “D-plus.”

South Carolina received an ‘F’ with a pre-term birth rate of 12.1%.
Vermont has the lowest pre-term birth rate in the country, Mississippi had the highest.
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