| Infant mortality is a tragedy
that touches families of all racial and ethnic groups. Based on current statistics, the
United States ranks 23rd among developed countries in overall infant mortality.
However, in the U.S. and in New Jersey, a Black
infant is more than two times as likely as a white infant to die before his or her first
birthday. Even when factors such as income, education, maternal age and marital status are
similar, Black women deliver babies who die, before age one, twice as frequently as white
women. The fact that so many Black babies in New Jersey die before their first birthday is
a sad reality that has both social and public health implications.
For more detailed information about Black infant mortality,
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