Kern County<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kern-Preterm-Birth-Chart-1024x592.png\")
<\/a>Black infants are born nearly 1.5 times more often than other races. Kern’s rate of premature Black infants is nearly 1.2 times higher than the state. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kern-Low-Birthweight-Chart-1024x592.png\")
<\/a>Black infants are born underweight nearly 2 times more than often than other races. Kern’s rate of underweight Black infants is nearly 1.2 times higher than the state.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kern-Infant-Mortality-Chart-1024x592.png\")
<\/a>Black infants are 1.5 times more likely to die than infants of other races.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kern-Maternal-Mortality-Chart-1024x592.png\")
<\/a>Black women are nearly 4 times more likely to die from maternal complications than other races. Kern County’s rate of Black maternal deaths is 1.5 times higher than the State. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nCalifornia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California-Preterm-Birth-Chart-1024x592.png\")
<\/a>More than 12% of Black infants in California are born prematurely.
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<\/a>Black infants are born underweight nearly 2 times more often than other races in California.
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<\/a>Black infants are about 1.5 times more likely to die than infants of other races in California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/California-Maternal-Mortality-Chart-1024x592.png\")
<\/a>Black women are about 3 times more likely to die from maternal complications than other races in California. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Click on a graph below to see more information. The data in all the graphs was collected from CDC Wonder, with the exception of Kern maternal mortality. That data was calculated from the Comprehensive California Death File. AIAN stands for American Indian\/Alaskan Native and NHPI stands for Native Hawaiian\/Pacific Islander. Kern County California<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"zakra_page_container_layout":"customizer","zakra_page_sidebar_layout":"customizer","zakra_remove_content_margin":false,"zakra_sidebar":"customizer","zakra_transparent_header":"customizer","zakra_logo":0,"zakra_main_header_style":"default","zakra_menu_item_color":"","zakra_menu_item_hover_color":"","zakra_menu_item_active_color":"","zakra_menu_active_style":"","zakra_page_header":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204,"href":"https:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kernbimhi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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California<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>More than 12% of Black infants in California are born prematurely.
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\n\n\n\n<\/a>Black infants are born underweight nearly 2 times more often than other races in California.
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\n\n\n\n<\/a>Black infants are about 1.5 times more likely to die than infants of other races in California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Black women are about 3 times more likely to die from maternal complications than other races in California. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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