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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.
===Race of doctor===
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> 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]].
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==