Black Ob-Gyn M.D.s to address the unnecessary deaths of Black Women in 2023

With the overall U.S. maternal mortality rate (MMR) on the rise, the data behind the African American community paints an even more devastating picture, where the CDC and October 2022 GAO report that the Black Maternal Mortality Rate in 2021 was 68.9 deaths per 100,000 (approximately 2,480 women) compared to 26.1 per 100,000 (about 940 women).

The crisis extends past the data, where a direct relationship between these unnecessary deaths and racial concordance has been identified. Black patients often complain that their concerns are not heard nor respected when being seen by a doctor outside of their race, creating a divide between the doctor patient relationship, ultimately preventing the best possible care.

Black Maternal Mortality Rate in 2021 was 68.9 deaths per 100,000 (approximately 2,480 women)

To learn more about Dr. Linda Burke and the WHYS movement, contact

Dr. Linda Burke, MD MS, FACOG

[email protected]

407-796-2149

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https://www.thesmartmothersguide.com/

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And

Dr. Donna Adams-Pickett, MD PhD, FACOG

706-414-1805

[email protected]