Maternal-Infant Health Disparities
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Non-Hispanic black women and Native American/Alaskan Native women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than Non-Hispanic white women.
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Pregnancy-related mortality is also elevated among Native Americans/Native Alaskans, Asians/Pacific Islanders, and for certain subgroups of Hispanic women including Puerto Ricans in specific regions within the United States
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Black infants are at higher risk for preterm birth, low birth weight and are more than twice as likely to die within the first year of life as a white infants
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Low income women are at a higher risk of preterm and low birth weight babies
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Black women at 2x's as likely to experience serious perinatal health complications
Statistics from CDC reports