Columbus Alive article on Black Maternal Health

[irisblue]

Cross posted in Parenting & African American groups.
http://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20180411/black-moms-matter-roott-confronts-racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-mortality

[irisblue]

1. These 2 paragraph gripped me

"In Ohio, the infant mortality disparity is even worse. According to the Ohio Department of Health, in 2016, the infant mortality rate for black babies was 15.2 — more than twice as high as the rate for white babies. And, according to preliminary data obtained by Columbus infant mortality initiative CelebrateOne, black babies were three times more likely to die in Franklin County in 2017."
"In Columbus, the neighborhoods with the most inequities are also the neighborhoods with the highest infant mortality rates. The city identified Franklinton, Hilltop, Morse/161, Near East, Near South, Northeast, South Linden and Southeast as having infant mortality rates up to three times higher than the Franklin County rate."