The U.S. infant mortality rate continued its downward trend in 2019, but Black babies still died twice as often as white babies, according to a CDC report.
The report comes on the heels of the firstby Vice President Kamala Harris. She called on the Senate Tuesday to support a bill that would dedicate $3 billion for maternal health initiatives.
Close to 21,000 babies died in the U.S. in 2019, according to Wednesday's CDC report, an overall rate of 5.58, down 3% from the year before. The overall rate has been steadily declining, the authors note, down 19% from the most recent high of 6.86 in 2005. The 2019 numbers represent an incremental improvement; the three previous years showed a very small decline.
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