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==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.  

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.  

*Findings suggest that when Black newborns are cared for by Black physicians, the mortality penalty they suffer, as compared with White infants, is halved.<ref>[https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1913405117 Physician–patient racial concordance and disparities in birthing mortality for newborns], PNAS</ref>

*Findings suggest that when Black newborns are cared for by Black physicians, the mortality penalty they suffer, as compared with White infants, is halved.<ref>[https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1913405117 Physician–patient racial concordance and disparities in birthing mortality for newborns], PNAS</ref>

This finding got a lot of media attention, and even a Supreme Court justice made a comment.  

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>

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> Apparently, the four researchers complaining about supposed 'racism' omitted any measure of [[low birth weight]], even though it's one of the top five causes of [[infant mortality]].

==Global infant mortality rankings==

==Global infant mortality rankings==

All information courtesy of the CIA World Factbook.

All information courtesy of the CIA World Factbook.

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==

==References==