dataspotlight-infantmortality.pdf

AHRQ’s New “Data Spotlight” Series Begins With Focus on Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight

Black mothers had a higher percentage of infants born at lower birth weights than all other races between 2007 and 2015, according to a new Data Spotlight from AHRQ’s 2017 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report(NHQDR). Paired with an infographic, the Data Spotlight inaugurates the agency’s aim to highlight important NHQDR findings regularly as well as ongoing efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services to address health disparities. Access the new Data Spotlight and infographic.