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Black mothers with disabilities have increased barriers to accessing maternal services, which increases health and mortality risks for the mother. Data from the American Disabilities Act Network reveals that many healthcare facilities are not adequately equipped for disabled mothers, lacking accessible equipment and trained staff.
Black women have the highest maternal mortality rate in the United States — 69.9 per 100,000 live births for 2021, ... while the infant mortality rate for Black mothers was 12.1, an increase ...
Maternal death rates are on the rise in the U.S., spiking significantly in 2021. Black women in particular are nearly three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women.
Black women are more likely to die from postpartum hemorrhage than women from other racial groups. [72] Disparities in Black maternal mortality persist across all levels of education. [75] American Indian and Native Alaskan women also have a disparate risk of death from pregnancy-related complications that is 2.3 times the risk of white women. [75]
Burton and Brace say Black doulas can help minimize maternal mortality rates among women of color and the Lansing area needs more of them. Ingham County’s initiative will train up to 26 through ...
[55] [77] In the 2017 NPR and ProPublica series "Lost Mothers: Maternal Mortality in the U.S." based on a six-month long collaborative investigation, they reported that the United States has the highest rate of maternal mortality than any other developed country, and it is the only country where mortality rate has been rising. [78]
Rates among Black women have long been the worst in the nation, and the problem affects people of all socioeconomic The post Black moms died at highest rate as maternal deaths doubled during last ...
News studies and legislation show how dire the situation is for Black mothers in America. In 2016, Kira Johnson died giving birth to her second child, hours after she notified doctors of severe ...