Houston Public MediaHouston received an F in March of Dimes’ 2023 Report Card for maternal and infant mortality and morbidity, after seeing an alarmingly high preterm birth rate.
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Texas has ‘alarmingly’ high maternal, infant mortality rates, study shows
While the U.S. as a whole already has a relatively high preterm birth rate of 10.4 percent, Texas is even worse, with a preterm birth rate of 11.3 percent. Houston’s is larger still, at 12.1 percent, meaning one in every eight babies born in the Houston area is premature.