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The premature birth rate in the United States climbs, according to the march of non -profit Daimat for infants and mothers.
On Tuesday, the organization issued it The annual “report card” on the health of the mother and infantWhich includes a newly updated account. With an in -depth look at early births, the new report found that the premature birth rate in the United States rose to 10.5 % last year, which represents an increase of 4 % since 2020 and the worst national average since March of Diemetics in tracking these data in 2007, Based on the new account system.
“This is actually the highest level in 15 years of premature birth rate in this country,” said Dr. Zsakeba Henderson, First Vice President of Medical and Health in the paint march.
The premature birth rate It reached its peak in 2006 by 12.8 %According to data from National Center for Health Statistics.
Since then, some DIMES’s march reports have found premature birth rates much higher than 10.5 %, but these rates have been based on updated accounts since then, according to March Dimes.
“There are a lot of children born very soon: 1 in 10. If you have 10 children in front of you, and someone is forced to face complications that come with premature, this is unacceptable, and we need to do better work and Henderson said, Adding that these 1 out of 10 are likely to be black, Indian, or in Alaska.
March of Dimes appears in the new report that infants born to American black and American mothers are 62 % more likely to generate premature breasts than born to white women.
Countries that have the highest and lowest rates
The Dims March March report also highlighted the states of the state in the premature birth rate throughout the country.
The report studies the premature birth rate less than or equal to 7.7 % as the average A and Apterm is larger than or equal to 11.5 % as F.
The premature national birth rate is classified from 10.5 % as D+.
No country has achieved average A, and one had only a premature birth rate at the state level and which will be classified as A-Fermont, which has the lowest premature birth rate in the United States by 8 %.
Meanwhile, nine states and one lands have premature birth rates that obtained a degree of F: Georgia and Auklehoma by 11.9 %; Arkansas, Kentucky and Portorico with 12 %; South Carolina by 12.1 %; West Virginia by 12.8 %; Alabama by 13.1 %; Louisiana is 13.5 %; Mississippi with the highest premature birth rate for all states by 15 %.
“The areas that have the worst grades are the same areas that we see constantly for a long time, and it is time for us to do what we need to do to make health better and make our country a better place for birth and Henderson said,” Weld. ” At risk in our country, and without protecting our mothers and children, we cannot secure everyone’s health. ”
Henderson said that the treatment of these variations in the state in births prematurely and assistance Black Mother’s Health Law “Momnipus” for 2021A package of emerging parties to provide support before and after birth to black mothers- but most bills in the package still make their way through Congress.
The paint march also urged more countries to adopt legislation to expand access to Doulas and midwives, among other health care services, and reduce the spread of maternity care deserts throughout the country.
There are many possible factors that contribute to the high birth rate in the nation, and Henderson said that the Covid-19 pandemic is still one greater.
She said: “We cannot forget the effect of the Covid-19s and we realize that there is likely a major contribution to that, knowing that the Covid-19 infection increases the risk of premature birth.” “But we also know that this epidemic has brought many other issues to the forefront, knowing that issues about structural racism and barriers that prevent pre -childhood care, and issues related to access, were placed at the forefront during this epidemic as well.”
She added that many mothers in the United States started pregnancy later in life, and there was an increase in mothers with chronic health conditions, who are at greater risk of having to give birth early due to the complications of pregnancy.
Henderson also said that premature birth is one of the most important causes of infant mortality and is not appropriate for children born in colors.
“The United States is one of the worst places of birth and state among industrialized countries, unfortunately. When we look at the mother and infant deaths, we are at the bottom of the package between countries with similar profiles in terms of gross domestic product.” “Because of our non -proportional numbers of premature births – especially for non -proportionally affected population, such as black families, Indian families and original Alaska – to the point that our prices are much higher than other countries.”
Global, about 10 % of births are prematurely around the world – similar to premature birth rate in the United States.
About 15 million children are born by preterm infants every year, and reaches more than 1 out of 10 of all births around the world, according to the World Health Organization, which was prematurely described as a “urgent public health issue” and “the main cause of death is below 5. ”
Separate from Daimat’s march report, Who issued new instructions Tuesday about how nations can improve the results of survival and healthy for children born in very early, in 37 weeks of pregnancy, less, or very small, at 5 pounds or less.
These recommendations are recommended that contacts from the skin are submitted to the skin, also known as the care of the mother of Kangaroo, for the preterm infant at the birth of the birth, without any first time spent in an incubator.
“In the past, we recommended that the mother of the Kangaroo be a care to be only for children who were completely stable,” said Dr. Karen Edmund, a World Health Organization medical official, who was the leader in the new guidelines.
“But we now know that if we put children in contact with the skin to the skin, it is not really very sick, this will increase their chances of staying,” she said. “So what’s new is that we now know that we must provide the care of the mother of the kangaroo immediately after birth, rather than waiting for the child’s stable.”
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Edmund added that the care of the immediate kangaroo mother can help infants better organize the body temperature and help protect against infections, and said that these guidelines are for health care providers on the ground and families.
The new WHO also recommends providing emotional, financial and space support to work for early children’s families or at low birth weights.
“Children can survive, flourish, change the world-but every child must be given this opportunity,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a press statement.
“These guidelines show that improving the results of these young children are not always related to providing the most technical solutions, but rather to ensure access to basic health care centered on the needs of families,” he said.