Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D)
From a March of Dimes email titled: Why are 3X as many Black women dying?,
Similar information at March of Dimes
has lots of links and references
Black women are 3X more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
Black infants face the highest infant mortality rate—2X higher than the rate for all other infants
The preterm birth rate among Black moms is 49% higher than for all other women
See also VitaminDWiki
Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
The articles on Pregnancy AND Dark Skin are here:
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The articles on Infant/child AND Dark Skin are here:
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See also web
- An Ohio county had the second-highest infant mortality rate in the nation. Then they started listening to Black moms Sept 2020 -Some reduction in problems. Vitamin D not mentioned