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Black infants still face significantly greater risk for death vs. white infants
Black infants have consistently faced a risk for mortality almost twice that of white infants in the United States over the ...
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Black infants and children consistently have double the risk for death compared to Whites
A population-based surveillance study evaluated the extent and persistence of excess infant and childhood mortality among Black Americans between 1950 and 2019.
Family’s experience highlights high mortality rate of Black babies
Black mothers are three times as likely as white women to die in childbirth, and Black fetuses and infants die at rates far ...
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Study shows racism a major issue impacting Ohio’s maternal and infant mortality rate
A 2024 March of Dimes report card showed Ohio’s infant mortality rate at 7.1 deaths for every 10,000 births, ranking Ohio ...
Village of Healing’s approach to Black maternal, infant health coming to Cleveland, Youngstown
In Youngstown, the county seat, Black infant mortality is much higher than ... bell-ringing and a shower of gifts for mom and ...
Ohio’s infant mortality rate drops to 20-year low
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The number of Ohio babies dying before their first birthday has dropped to its lowest rate in 20 years.
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Village of Healing’s approach to Black maternal, infant health coming to Cleveland, Youngstown
Another community-based nonprofit focused on Black maternal and infant health, Birthing Beautiful Communities, also is on the move. Birthing Beautiful Communities plans to break ground in April ...