Among Buncombe’s biggest differences with other counties was the mortality rate among its black infants. While 12.7 AfricanAmerican babies die during the first year of life per 1,000 live births on average in North Carolina, that number is 19.6 per 1,000 in Buncombe County....
Infant mortality ... The money will go to First Year Cleveland, a public-private partnership formed in December 2015 to reduce Cuyahoga County’s high infant mortality rate and to address the disparity in death rates between children born to African-American women and those born to white mothers....
The same state agencies also have awarded $2.48 million to Summit CountyPublic Health to support programs to reduce infant mortality rates in the Akron area, particularly among African-American families ... all other infants,” Medicaid DirectorMaureen Corcoran is quoted as saying....
Infant mortality. Summit CountyPublic Health has been awarded $2.48 million to support programs to reduce infant mortality rates in the Akron area, particularly among African-American families ... Summit County Public Health awarded $2.48 million to address infant mortality rates among African-American families in Akron area Read more....
“Recent OhioDepartment of Health data indicates our state’s overall infant mortality rate has decreased, but the rate for African-American infant mortality continues to rise,” said Maureen Corcoran, director of the Ohio Department of Medicaid ...infant mortality rate....
last year AfricanAmericans accounted for just over a third of births, but three-quarters of infant deaths ... A Call to Action, some of the country’s leading racial justice researchers argued that racism – historical and contemporary – contributes to widespread health inequalities for African Americans including infant and maternal mortality....
last year AfricanAmericans accounted for just over a third of births, but three-quarters of infant deaths ... A Call to Action, some of the country’s leading racial justice researchers argued that racism – historical and contemporary – contributes to widespread health inequalities for African Americans including infant and maternal mortality....
Christin Farmer is on a mission to address the shocking racial disparity in infant mortality in America... characterise America’s infant and maternal mortality rates....
It is not surprising that we have substantially higher death rates than white residents and the mortality rate for infants born to African-American mothers in Allegheny County was 15.1 per 1000 in 2012, nearly three times the rate for whites and 30% higher than the already high national average for African-Americans....
The graves of 145 people have been discovered under a high school in Tampa, in the US state of Florida...Records indicate more than 250 people were buried there, most of them AfricanAmericans, the school district said. Up to 77 of them were infants or small children ... Today, the site consists of open land and the school's agricultural building ... ....
SuperintendentJeff Eakins said many of those buried at the site were children ...Records indicate more than 250 people were buried there, most of them AfricanAmericans, the school district said. Up to 77 of them were infants or small children ... “I am sick of this ... Name * ... 145 graves of an African-American CemeteryFound Under School Rattler Nation....
Willard Linzy has been a community activist for the African-American community Oklahoma City for more than 20 years ...OklahomaLeading Ladies for Healthy Babies’ mission is to implement evidence-based practices through local, faith-based ministries to help reduce infant mortality, and improve the health and wellbeing of AfricanAmerican women....