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Black maternal mortality in the United States refers to the disproportionately high rate of maternal death among those who identify as Black or African American women. [1] Maternal death is often linked to both direct obstetric complications (such as hemorrhage or eclampsia) and indirect obstetric deaths that exacerbate pre-existing health ...
The cancer incidence rate among African Americans is 10% higher than among European Americans [33] and the mortality rate from asthma is twice the rate of European Americans. [34] African Americans are found to have some of the highest rates of chronic Hepatitis C and Hepatitis C-related deaths in comparison to other populations. [35]
[2] [3] The American Public Health Association considers maternal mortality to be a human rights issue, also noting the disparate rates of Black maternal death. [4] Race affects maternal health throughout the pregnancy continuum, beginning prior to conception and continuing through pregnancy (antepartum), during labor and childbirth ...
Even in a year with an overwhelming number of excess deaths, the mortality rate of Black Americans stands out.Nearly 200,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 this year, and data has shown ...
For racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, health disparities take on many forms, including higher rates of chronic disease, premature death, and maternal mortality compared to the rates among whites. For example, African Americans are 2–3 times more likely to die as a result of pregnancy-related complications than white Americans ...
African Americans have higher rates of mortality than any other racial or ethnic group for 8 of the top 10 causes of death. [198] In 2013, among men, Black men had the highest rate of getting cancer, followed by White, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander (A/PI), and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) men.
Despite the focus on police violence in recent years, the rate of police killings in the United States has remained high. U.S. police have killed people at a rate three times higher than Canadian ...
The rate of African American marriage is consistently lower than White Americans, and is declining. [73] These trends are so pervasive that families who are married are considered a minority family structure for black people. [73] In 1970, 64% of adult African Americans were married. This rate was cut in half by 2004, when it was 32%. [73]