Black women also endure markedly elevated rates of maternal mortality. In the United States, they are three times more likely than white women to die in pregnancy or childbirth, even after accounting for factors such as income, education level, insurance coverage, and prenatal care. This statistic goes up in the UK to four times more likely. A large study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research that looked at birth records from California over a ten-year period showed that the maternal mortality rate for the richest Black women (top quintile in income) was similar to that of the
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