January 2008Southeast San Francisco Has High Rates of Premature BirthsSoucre: State of California, Environmental Health Investigations Branch.
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Though researchers are unsure of the underlying causes, Southeast San Francisco suffers from a higher incident of pre-term births than other Bay Area locations. Possible factors include poor air quality, unhealthy lifestyles, and/or poverty.