Maternal Death and African-American Women: Alarming Study

Maternal Death and African-American Women: Alarming Study | The Root: "In California, African-American women are dying of pregnancy-related causes at rates four times higher than those of white women and other ethnic groups, and as high as those seen in some developing countries.

According to PBS News, a new report from the California Department of Public Health has highlighted that stark disparity: The mortality rate for black women was 46 deaths for every 100,000 live births from 2006 to 2008, while the rates for Asian, white and Hispanic women in the same period ranged from 9 to 13 deaths per 100,000 births."