Differences in US infant mortality rates among black, white babies. Trends in overall and cause-specific infant mortality rates between non-Hispanic black and white infants have been the object of recent study because infant mortality is an important indicator of population health, report investigators. Source 1o.
Blacks suffer higher rates of fatal first-time heart attacks than whites. Black adults, ages 45-64 years of age, are twice as likely to die during their initial cardiac event as white adults. However, the risk for nonfatal coronary heart disease is consistently lower among black men versus white men. Source 2k.