Sudden unexplained infant death rates show steep rise among Black babies in 2020, study finds.
US maternal mortality increased 33% during pandemic, hitting Black and Hispanic women especially hardWhen asked if the results of the study were surprising, Carlin told ABC News that she doesn't think so.
"This rise further increases the already existing disparities in these deaths, with the rate among infants born to non-Hispanic Black families now 2.3-fold higher than the general population and 2.8-fold higher than infants born to non-Hispanic white families," the study's commentary authors wrote. While there is no known cause for the spikes in SUID and SIDS cases from 2019-2020 for non-Hispanic Black infants, the commentary speculated on factors that may have contributed to the increase.
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