The disturbing data that show that black women are three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy causes as white women, even when they are more educated than their white counterparts. What factors are contributing beyond higher rates of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease? Why does the U.S. continue to see growing disparity in maternal and newborn health outcomes based on race? It’s now the only area where the US lags behind peer nations but the data on infant mortality presents a disturbing trajectory. The U.S. is only 1 of 13 countries in the world where the rate of maternal mortality is now worse than it was a generation ago. What can be done?
Laura Riley, Obstetrician and Gynecologist-in-Chief, NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine
Neel Shah, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Obstetrician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Director, Delivery Decisions Initiative, Ariadne Labs
With Olga Khazan, Staff Writer, The Atlantic
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