Question: The Rate Of Infants Being Born Prematurely Has Shown An Unexplained Increase. The Survival Rate Of These Preterm Infants: Has Plateaued Since The 1970s, Despite The Use Of Intensive Medical Interventions. Has Decreased, With More Of Them Not Surviving Past 1 Month Of Age. Has Greatly Increased, Even For Those Weighing Less Than 2 Pounds. Has Remained …
The rate of infants being born prematurely has shown anunexplained increase. The survival rate of these preterminfants:
has plateaued since the 1970s, despite the use of intensivemedical interventions. |
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has decreased, with more of them not surviving past 1 month ofage. |
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has greatly increased, even for those weighing less than 2pounds. |
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has remained the same, with infants weighing less than 2 poundshaving the most stable rate of survival. |