Houston Public MediaJul 15, 2024

Study: Black women experience severe pregnancy complications at twice the rate of white women in Texas

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2024/07/15/493419/study-black-women-experience-severe-pregnancy-complications-at-twice-the-rate-of-white-women-in-texas/

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Study: Black women experience severe pregnancy complications at twice the rate of white women in Texas

The study found that out of every 10,000 hospitalizations in 2016, about 50 white women experienced complications compared to more than 100 Black women. For every 10,000 hospitalizations in 2022, about 60 white women experienced complications compared to about 125 Black women. 

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Houston Public MediaJan 1, 2024

Houston received an F in March of Dimes’ 2023 Report Card for maternal and infant mortality and morbidity, after seeing an alarmingly high preterm birth rate.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/01/01/473196/texas-has-alarmingly-high-maternal-infant-mortality-rates-study-shows/

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Texas has ‘alarmingly’ high maternal, infant mortality rates, study shows

While the U.S. as a whole already has a relatively high preterm birth rate of 10.4 percent, Texas is even worse, with a preterm birth rate of 11.3 percent. Houston’s is larger still, at 12.1 percent, meaning one in every eight babies born in the Houston area is premature.

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