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Infant mortality rate (view source)
Revision as of 14:24, October 19, 2024
, 14:24, October 19, 2024reference refuting the racism charge
==Black/White disparity==
==Black/White disparity==
In the United States, black babies die about twice as often as white babies, leading to speculation that the cause is due somehow to racism. A study in 2020 found that [[black babies]] attended by black doctors had better survival outcomes than when attended by white doctors. This finding got a lot of media attention, and even a Supreme Court justice made a comment.
In the United States, black babies die about twice as often as white babies, leading to speculation that the cause is due somehow to racism. A study in 2020 found that [[black babies]] attended by black doctors had better survival outcomes than when attended by white doctors. This finding got a lot of media attention, and even a Supreme Court justice made a comment.
Other researchers looking at the same data rebutted that conclusion.<ref>[https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2415159121] Do Black Doctors Save More Babies?]</ref>
==Global infant mortality rankings==
==Global infant mortality rankings==
Currently, the world's highest infant mortality rates exist in [[Angola]], [[Sierra Leone]], and [[Afghanistan]], while the lowest rate is in the nation of [[Singapore]]. The rate within the [[United States]] currently stands at or around 6.3 deaths per 1,000 births, placing it at 46th on the list, behind [[Guam]] but ahead of the [[Faroe Islands]]. The American mortality rate is inflated by three significant factors; firstly the US measures all infants that show any sings of life as live births, versus waiting 5 minutes or 1 hour before considering a birth live, secondly illegal immigrants have much higher rates of infant mortality and their inclusion in the numbers raises them significantly, thirdly religious opposition to [[abortion]] means that more high risk pregnancies are carried to term. Without these compounding factors the US would be near the top of the list.
Currently, the world's highest infant mortality rates exist in [[Angola]], [[Sierra Leone]], and [[Afghanistan]], while the lowest rate is in the nation of [[Singapore]]. The rate within the [[United States]] currently stands at or around 6.3 deaths per 1,000 births, placing it at 46th on the list, behind [[Guam]] but ahead of the [[Faroe Islands]]. The American mortality rate is inflated by three significant factors; firstly the US measures all infants that show any sings of life as live births, versus waiting 5 minutes or 1 hour before considering a birth live, secondly illegal immigrants have much higher rates of infant mortality and their inclusion in the numbers raises them significantly, thirdly religious opposition to [[abortion]] means that more high risk pregnancies are carried to term. Without these compounding factors the US would be near the top of the list.
==References==
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== See also ==
== See also ==