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Annual Kids Count Report Finds Increase In Low-Birthweight Infants, Decrease In Teen Birth Rate

06.13.2008 | 7:12:00 pm | Posted by Pediatrics / Children's Health News From Medical N
About 8.2% of infants born in the U.S. in 2005 had low birthweights, the highest percentage since 1968, according to the 2008 Kids Count report compiled by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and released on Thursday, the AP/Google.com reports....
 
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