Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D) – Feb 2019

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

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Black infants face the highest infant mortality rate—2X higher than the rate for all other infants

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The preterm birth rate among Black moms is 49% higher than for all other women

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See also VitaminDwiki

Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
Increased health problems in blacks is similar to that of low vitamin D whites (John Singleton Stroke)

The articles on Pregnancy AND Dark Skin are here:

The articles on Infant/child AND Dark Skin are here:


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