[WATCH]: WASHINGTON WATCH: Why Are Infant Mortality Rates So High Among African-Americans

It's true that being black in America is hazardous to your health. African-Americans have higher rates of diseases like HIV-AIDS, hypertension and diabetes and are more likely to die from violence and have less access to quality healthcare. Yet, there's another shocking stat that doesn't get much attention. For every 1000 children born to black mothers, 13 of them will die before their first birthday. That's an infant mortality rate of 13.1 per 1000 live births, and that's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. And it's more than twice the rate of white American women, at 5.6 per 1000, and higher than the rate of countries like: Portugal, at 3 per 1000; Croatia, at 4 per 1000; or Romania, at 11 per

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