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Racial Differential in Infant Death Rates
On a national level, black infants are twice as likely to die before their first birthday as white infants, but the difference may not be simply a matter of the socioeconomic status of members of each group. A recent study examined infant mortality rates in 38 metropolitan areas, and found that blacks living in integrated neighborhoods had rates of infant mortality closer to that of whites. The authors suggest that …