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Krystal Anderson, 40, died after the stillbirth of her daughter in March. But for the fact that she was a longtime Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader and a popular figure in her community, the Leawood, Kansas resident would likely have joined the ranks of Black women lost to maternal mortality whose names are known only to […]
Age- and sex-adjusted mortality rates (Figure 4) show that overall, the non-Hispanic AIAN population experienced the highest rates (4.7 per 10,000 PMs) of excess all-cause mortality during the first year of the pandemic, followed by the Hispanic (3.6 per 10,000 PM) and non-Hispanic Black (3.5 per 10,000 PM) populations. In contrast, excess mortality was lowest […]
A new study has found that high and rising rates of maternal mortality in the United States are due to flawed data. The maternal mortality crisis in the U.S. has shown high rates of maternal deaths compared to other countries – but the study, published Wednesday in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, found […]
Racial disparities in maternal health represent an ongoing and worsening crisis in the United States. Black women face a range of inequities in pregnancy and childbirth, and maternal mortality rates (MMR) in the US are 2 to 4 times higher among Black women compared to White women.1 Such findings have been attributed to myriad factors […]
Black Maternal Health Week is recognized each year from April 11-17 to bring awareness to Black maternal health. Each year in the United States, hundreds of people die during pregnancy or in the year after. Thousands more have unexpected outcomes of labor and delivery with serious short- or long-term health consequences. Every pregnancy-related death is […]
THE ISSUE A column in the Sunday LNP | LancasterOnline Perspective section written by a physician working in Lancaster County examined the alarming rates of maternal and infant mortality in the United States. Dr. Christian Macedonia is a maternal fetal medicine specialist working in private practice. These facts, laid out in Dr. Macedonia’s column, should […]
High breast cancer mortality rates for Black people have persisted in Arizona since 2016. Cancer biology, inadequate insurance coverage and limited access to health care are a few factors influencing the consistently high breast cancer mortality rates for Black women in the United States, according to cancer experts. Black women are over 40% more likely […]
Cancer biology, inadequate insurance coverage and limited access to health care are a few factors influencing the consistently high breast cancer mortality rates for Black women in the United States, according to cancer experts. Black women are over 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, a percentage that has largely stayed […]
Health care Posted Sunday, February 4, 2024 10:00 am By Mia Milinovich | Cronkite News PHOENIX — Cancer biology, inadequate insurance coverage and limited access to health care are a few factors influencing the consistently high breast cancer mortality rates for Black women in the United States, according to cancer experts. Black women are over […]
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