Perinatal Health Stats for the US

Every 8 seconds a baby is born in the United States.
Every hour 3 babies die.
African American infants are more than twice as likely to die before their first birthday as white infants.
Birth defects are the leading cause of infant mortality.
More than one in five infant deaths is due to birth defects.
Every 3½ minutes a baby is born with a birth defect.*
Each year 2,500 babies are born with birth defects of the brain and spinal cord.
Every 2 minutes a low birthweight baby is born.
Every year more than 4,200 babies are born weighing less than 1 pound.
Every minute a baby is born to a teen mother.
Each day 410 babies are born to mothers who started prenatal care in the 3rd trimester or received no prenatal care at all.
More than 1 in 9 infants is born preterm (less than 37 weks gestation).
The US infant mortality rate is higher than 25 other nations.