In 2024, 380,000 babies were born prematurely. That's 10 10.4% of all babies born, and The worst rates [of preterm births] are in the southern region of the United States. These statistics are personal for me. My daughter was born nine weeks early when my placenta ruptured. We both nearly died, and she spent the next six weeks in the neonative intensive care unit. (00:32–00:35)
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