Infant Mortality Disparities Fact Sheet
AFRICAN AMERICANS:
- African Americans have more than twice the infant mortality rate as whites. African American infants are almost 4 times as likely to die due to complications related to low birth weight as compared to white infants
- The top three leading causes of infant deaths for African Americans are:
- Low-birth weight
- Congenital malformations
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- African Americans had 2.1 times the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) mortality rates as whites.
- African American mothers were 2.6 times more likely than white mothers to begin prenatal care in the 3 rd trimester, or not receive prenatal care at all.
- The infant mortality rate for African American mothers with over 13 years of education was almost three time that of white mothers in 2004.
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Hispanics:
- The infant mortality rate ranges from 4.6 per 1,000 live births for Cubans and 7.8 per 1,000 live births for Puerto Ricans.
- Puerto Rican Americans have a 40% higher infant mortality rate as compared to non-Hispanic whites.
- Hispanic mothers are 2.5 times more likely to begin prenatal care I the 3 rd trimester or not receive prenatal care at all as compared to non-Hispanic white mothers.
- Puerto Rican infants were twice as likely to die from causes related to low birth weight, compared to non-Hispanic white infants.
- Mexican American mothers were 2.5 times likely as non-Hispanic white mothers to begin prenatal care in the 3 rd trimester, or not receive prenatal at all.
- The top four leading causes of infant deaths for Hispanic Americans are:
- Congenital malformations
- Low birth weight
- Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
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