Black Infant Mortality Rates Unchanged Since Civil War
Sunday, January 27, 2008
It's a shocking fact: black infant mortality rates have not changed since the Civil War. But Dr. Jack Turman, an associate professor from the University of Southern California says it is indeed true. In fact, he says black babies have been dying at twice the rate of white babies since the 1860s.
One of the reasons experts and researchers say black babies die so readily is because black women face a lot of stress and cannot adequately nurture healthy babies. "Black women have much higher levels of stress than women of other ethnic groups," Turman said. "That high stress level has a negative effect on their babies once they become pregnant."
(Source: Tallahassee Democrat)
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