Study reveals excess mortality, years of potential life lost among Black population in U.S. from 1999-2020
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 27, 2023
Non-Hispanic Black mothers are more than three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related problem than non-Hispanic White moms. (photo courtesy of <iStockphoto/NNPA>)
A new study shows that after some progress, the number of deaths and years of possible life lost among America’s Black population stopped going down and then started going up again.
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) said . . .
