Racial disparity in premature births contributes significantly to infant mortality problem

Black women are nearly four times more likely than white women to have a baby born between 16 and 22 weeks gestation, a time period in which the life of a baby outside the womb is not viable. The racial disparity in what are known as 'previable' preterm births may explain much of the racial disparity in infant mortality.

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