Black Infant Mortality Gap

If you are a newborn black infant, your chances of survival to toddler-hood is less than if you are a newborn white infant. This is according to a study that was published in the January 2008 issue of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to the research, which was conducted at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, rates for all infant deaths increased during the time frame of the study, not matter whether the babies where black or white, but the increase was greatest for babies who were black. The study looked an infant mortality rates for the years from 1995 … Continue reading