➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
PA: Region sees uptick in drug dependent babies
Progress – January 15, 2017
Statewide, the total number of neonatal stays related to substance use in 2015 was 2,700 – or 20 per 1,000 neonatal stays. That’s up from 6 per 1,000 a decade and a half earlier, or a 250 percent increase.
http://www.theprogressnews.com/progress_news/region-sees-uptick-in-drug-dependent-babies/article_067b67d3-2277-5964-8ca3-717d236b1266.html