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Why do Black women have a higher infant mortality rate?

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In 2000, black infants were five times more likely to die. In 2012, the rate improved to 6.5 deaths per 1000 live births. This is due to poverty and lifestyle according to Oliver Ortega who wrote about this in the Boston Globe.

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