BLACK LIVES MATTER

•  Black babies are born preterm 50% more than in white babies.
•  Black babies are 3.5 times as likely to die as infants due to complications related to low birthweight.
•  Black women have a 4 times greater risk of death from pregnancy complications than have white women.
•  Black children live in poverty at 34%, compared to 12% of white children.

The stats above are more than number, they are families.  
We MUST do better for black families, Black Lives Matter.

 

Resources:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/18/upshot/black-white-wealth-gap-perceptions.html  •  https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/health-disparities-between-blacks-and-whites-run-deep/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/large-numbers-of-loan-applications-get-denied-but-for-blacks-hispanics-and-asians-the-rejection-rate-is-even-higher/2018/05/22/dac19ffc-5d1b-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2005.072975  •  https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=4&lvlid=23
https://www.cigna.com/static/www-cigna-com/docs/health-care-providers/african-american-health-disparities.pdf  •  https://www.pnas.org/content/116/17/8255
https://www.verywellfamily.com/premature-babies-who-arent-white-get-the-worst-care-415349  •  https://cehn.org/our-work/policy/policy-factsheets/children-and-health-disparities/