Black babies are dying at three times the rate of other babies in their first year of life.
Black pregnant people are three to four times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than other Americans.
Dying.
Let these two stark facts sit for a minute. Often these statistics are assumed to be a function of poverty and access to care, but the unequal death hold true across income and education levels. The research is clear: the stress of experiencing racism, discrimination in care and other unjust social drivers of health are root causes of this gap.
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