According to a study prepared by American experts, an African-American child has up to twice the chance of dying than a white childThis is a fact that has been going on for years and despite the fact that the fight to reduce infant mortality figures shows good results, the black race maintains the leadership with a 13.5 mortality rate for every child born alive versus a 5.7 that presents the white race.
Infant mortality has always been related to all kinds of problems, poverty, poor diet, premature birth ... hundreds of reasons can cause a child to die, however, the fact that it is the African-American children who have more risks, He has put on notice for years the experts who try to find out what are the social factors that can cause these facts. The latest study shows that directly or indirectly the African-American community suffers forms of racism that affect future babies. There are forms of racism that may not be contemplated as such, for example, in an African-American neighborhood liquor stores, bars and fast food restaurants predominate, food stores are in a lower number and also healthy products and Naturals are not within reach of this community due to the excessive price they present.
The result can be perfectly deduced, not being able to feed properly when pregnant is equivalent to increasing the risks for the future baby, and it is that a woman with limited resources does not have much to choose from. This example is related to twice the possibilities of an African-American woman of having a premature baby in front of a white woman.
The truth is that the African-American community continues to suffer the yoke of racism at all levels and in all areas. There are many triggering circumstances that cause the high infant mortality of this community, but above all, it is the discriminatory social factor that is most responsible for this situation.
