Higher Rates of Infant Mortality Due to Birth Defects Persist Among Black, Hispanic Mothers
January 22, 2020 | Strategic Insights for Health System
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What's the news. Rates of infant mortality attributable to birth defects declined by 10% overall in the United States between 2003 and 2017, but racial and ethnic disparities persist, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says in theJanuary 17, 2020, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.