Tag: South Carolina

Participation in the CenteringPregnancy program reduced the risk of a premature birth by 36 percent, and every premature birth prevented resulted in an average of $22,667.

Investigations have revealed that although the state's infant mortality rate was at an all-time low last year and the statistics from underserved rural areas continue to be appalling, with both African American and Caucasian infants dying at third-world rates.