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The Effects Race And Socioeconomic Status Have On Infant Mortality Rates, Gabrielle Schramm
The Effects Race And Socioeconomic Status Have On Infant Mortality Rates, Gabrielle Schramm
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
This paper is going to look at the role that race and socioeconomic status play in infant mortality. While we have made progress, there is still a huge difference between the infant mortality rate for black women than white women and people who have a lower socioeconomic status are much more likely to suffer from infant mortality than people who have a higher socioeconomic status. I used data from outside sources to help create charts that will clearly illustrate the difference in infant mortality rate in regards to race and socioeconomic status. The data will show that African American women …