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| Every eight seconds a baby is born in the United states. |
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| Every hour four babies die. |
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| Black infants are more than twice as likely to die before |
| their first birthday as white infants. |
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| Birth defects are the leading cause of infant mortality. |
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| One in five infant deaths is due to birth defects. |
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| Every 3 ½ minutes a baby is born with a birth defect. |
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| Every two minutes a low birthweight baby is born. |
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| Every year more than 5,500 babies are born weighing less than one pound. |
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| Every minute a baby is born to a teen mother. |
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| Each day 466 babies are born to mothers who started prenatal care in the third trimester or received no prenatal care at all. |
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| One in nine infants is born preterm (less than 37 weeks gestation). |
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| The US infant mortality rate is higher than 24 other nations. |
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| Based on 1994 final data from the National Center for Health Statistics and estimates from the CDC. |
| Calculations by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center 1997 |
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