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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: JohnM who wrote (18086)5/10/2006 3:23:28 AM
From: DavesM  Read Replies (1) of 543199
 
There is a real problem, but it is also an example of science thru Press Release. Is there a problem with the newborn death rate in the United States? Yes!

But where is the problem? Some serious research needs to be done here to try to figure out what's working and what isn't.

One of the major risk factors for infant mortality is low birth weight. For some reason, African American infants suffer from low birth rate at roughly 3 times the rate of the rest of the United States (~3 times the rate of American Indians, ~3 times the rate of Asians, ~3 times the rate of Hispanics and ~3 times the rate of whites). Is it totally a question of access to prenatal care? Not unless you think Hispanics and American Indians have significantly better access to health (or prenatal) care than African Americans (Asians and Hispanics both have greater percentages lacking health insurance than African Americans).

mchb.hrsa.gov

Is it genetic? Probably not.

"Dispelling the Muths: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in
Infant Mortality and low Birth Weight"

scdhec.net

"According to Dr. Michael Lu, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology and public health at UCLA, researchers have found that even when they control for such varied factors as poverty, housing, employment, medical risk, abuse, social support and so on, 90 percent of the differences in birth weight between black and white moms remains unaccounted for."

arc.org
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