Twice as Likely: Black Infant Mortality Rates in the U.S
Dr. Renee Canady shares her intimate experience of the painful loss of her newborn son.
While the White infant mortality rate is 4.6 per 1,000 U.S. births, the Black infant mortality rate is 10.8. Longstanding, systemic inequities result in racial disparity in every facet of maternal and infant health, studies show.
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