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Racial gap widens in maternal mortality around time of childbirth

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76% Informative

In 2021 and 2022 , the maternal death rate for Black women was about 2.6 times higher than white women.

The data suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic, at its peak, impacted all pregnant women.

But “once we went back to usual activities,’ then the impact of systemic racism and unequal access came right back into place, an expert says.

VR Score

88

Informative language

94

Neutral language

55

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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