SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Utah earns a better grade on the March of Dimes 2012 Premature Birth report card, giving more babies a healthy start in life and contributing to the national five-year improving trend. The state earns a "B" grade on the report card for lowering its preterm birth rate to 10.9 percent.

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