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Black women in the United States are more likely than white women to give birth preterm, defined as less than 37 weeks estimated gestational age. This racial disparity is persistent for Black women across all levels of education, income, and insurance status. [52]
The disproportionate impacts on Black Americans has been manifest by dramatically increased mortality rates compared to other racial groups. From data publicly available in April 2020, Black Americans averaged 6.3 deaths per 100,000 people, far greater than the 1.1 deaths per 100,000 for White Americans. [4]
In 2015, on an average nationwide, the United States reported that for Non-Hispanic white had an infant mortality rate of NSD meaning there as not enough sufficient data, Non-Hispanic black's rate was 11.3, Indian or Alaska Native's was 8.3, Pacific Islander was 4.2, and the infant mortality rate on average for Hispanic was 5.0. [90]
Own work from Maternal deaths and mortality rates by state, 2018-2022 and 2018-2021 (previous map). Listed at Data Files and Resources. National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). National Center for Health Statistics. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For Black women, the maternal mortality rate in 2021 was 69.9 deaths per 100,000 live births. This is 2.6 times the rate for white women. ... they stopped dying at such high rates.
Even in a year with an overwhelming number of excess deaths, the mortality rate of Black Americans stands out.Nearly 200,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 this year, and data has shown ...
There have been significant differences between the maternal mortality of white women versus Black women throughout history. As of 2021, the estimated national maternal mortality rate in the United States is about 32.9 per 100,000 live births––but it is about 69.9 per 100,000 live births for Black women. [5]
Life expectancy in the U.S. fell and death rates rose in 2020, driven by Covid and drug overdoses, as well as chronic disease. U.S. death rate soared 17 percent in 2020, final CDC mortality report ...