Abstract In the United States, Black infants have significantly worse birth outcomes than
White infants. Over the past decades, public health efforts to address these disparities have …

Despite appreciable improvement in the overall reduction of infant mortality in the United
States, black infants are twice as likely to die within the first year of life as white infants, even …

For more than a century, substantial racial and ethnic inequities in perinatal health outcomes
have persisted despite technical clinical advances and changes in public health practice …

Rates of maternal morbidity and mortality are rising in the United States. Non-Hispanic Black
women are at highest risk for these outcomes compared to those of other race/ethnicities …

Abstract Background: In the United States, Black infants have significantly worse birth
outcomes than do White infants. The cause of these persisting racial disparities remains …

Racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortality in the United States seem to defy all attempts
at elimination. Despite national priorities to eliminate these disparities, black infants are 2.5 …

Objectives. To assess state-level progress on eliminating racial disparities in infant mortality.
Methods. Using linked infant birth–death files from 1999 to 2013, we calculated state-level 3 …

Racism, segregation, and inequality contribute to health outcomes and drive health
disparities across the life course, including for newborn infants and their families. In this …

Wide disparities in obstetric outcomes exist between women of different race/ethnicities. The
prevalence of preterm birth, fetal growth restriction, fetal demise, maternal mortality, and …

Infant mortality rate (IMR) is defined as the death of an infant per 1,000 live births, before
their first birthday. 1 In this article, African Americans and blacks are used interchangeably …