الخميس، 11 نوفمبر 2021

Black women in UK four times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth

As new data released, campaigners ask why racial disparity in maternal mortality rates is so persistent

Black women are still four times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth than white women, according to new data that has reignited calls to tackle racial inequality in maternal healthcare.

The findings show a slight drop in the maternal mortality rate for black women, but remained the same for mixed ethnicity women and Asian women, which was two times higher and almost twice as high, respectively.

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from Pregnancy | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3F5afem

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