Minorities born with heart defects at higher risk of dying in early childhood than whites
Monday, April 18, 2011 - 03:50
in Health & Medicine
Non-Hispanic black infants born with heart defects are more likely to die within the first five years of life than their non-Hispanic white and Hispanic peers. For certain types of congenital heart abnormalities, Hispanic children as well as non-Hispanic black children fare worse than non-Hispanic white children.