Quick Facts:
NICU (PRAMS)
Babies are admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) to receive additional specialized medical care. Reasons for NICU admissions include preterm birth, birth defects, breathing and feeding problems, infections, or other medical conditions.
| In New York City in 2007, 18.0% of mothers responded that their baby was admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). | | For more detailed data, click on the topic edit button in search tool on left side, select one of the Subtopics from drop down list under this topic. Here you'll find more graphs, maps, and tables that pertain to this topic. |
Source
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.
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Retrieved May 22, 2013, from www.marchofdimes.com/peristats.
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