Texas’ Preterm Birth Rate Rises to 10.6 Percent, Keeping it Stuck at a “D” Grade, Though New Initiatives Show Promise Houston, TX, NOV. 1, 2018 – Texas’ preterm birth rate in 2017 rose from 10.4 to 10.6 percent and the state stayed stuck at a D Grade, according to the 2018 Premature Birth Report Card from March of Dimes, the nation’s leading maternal and infant health nonprofit. For the third year in a row, more U.S. […]
