Racial Disparities in US Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates [psychologytoday.com]
By Ann Diamond Weinstein, Psychology Today, March 6, 2020 The United States has the highest maternal and infant mortality rates among developed nations. There is a striking disparity in maternal and infant mortality rates between African American women and non-Hispanic white women in the United States. “African American women across the income spectrum and from all walks of life are dying from preventable pregnancy-related complications at three to four times the rate of non-Hispanic white...