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In America levels of premature births steadily increase, mark experts.

Coefficients of premature births have considerably increased in the USA, since 2005. An intensive increase in these levels for the last year emphasizes urgent need in development of effectual measures on prevention of premature birth risks, are sure experts of the research center March of Dimes. Physicians remind, that prematurely born babies frequently die during the first month of their life, and the rest children are at risk of respiratory disorders, physiologic jaundice, slow brain development and difficulties of feeding.

According to the American National center of health statistics, the percentage of babies who have been given birth earlier than 37 weeks continues to increase diligently. Now in the USA more than 525 thousand children (12,7 %) were born before the put term. By the end of this year, by estimation, this level achieve 12,8 %, and 543 thousand kids will face certain problems of physical and intellectual development. Since 1990 the level of premature birth in the country has increased for 20 %, have fixed the American researchers. In their opinion, such parameters obviously speak about serious reproductive crisis of demography. Besides, in 2005 high level of premature births cost for the national public health services 26 billion dollars. Medical expenses for prematurely born children are approximately 10 times more, than for healthy kids.