Red states have the most appalling mortality rates for socially vulnerable individuals including during and following birth. There is a political motivation for that.
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the USA has been a Third World Shit Hole for quite some time now, and it is both parties fault.. the reich wing connedservative republicans are ALL bought & paid for, and a large percentage of democrats, as well, we have lobbyists, who should NOT even exist, and unqualified & coin operated judges
That's a DEI statement, now black pregnant women are free to die in pregnancy or childbirth without suffering the indignity of being categorized as being black and higher risk for complications.
This is absolutely horrifying. Here in NZ there is a faction of pakeha (white people) who think they are superior to Māori and are trying to do the same kinds of things. This hideous shit is everywhere. I'm so ashamed and sickened.
But these and other data sets on that issue are likely to disappear from any .gov websites so download the papers. The links may become 404 messages any day now.
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https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/infant-health-and-mortality-and-blackafrican-americans