Racial disparity in premature births contributes significantly to infant mortality problem
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 15:35
in Health & Medicine
Black women are nearly four times more likely than white women to have a baby born between 16 and 22 weeks gestation, a time period in which the life of a baby outside the womb is not viable. The racial disparity in what are known as 'previable' preterm births may explain much of the racial disparity in infant mortality.