#FactOfTheDay: Black women were 5X more likely to die from postpartum cardiomyopathy (a form of heart failure) and preeclampsia and eclampsia (blood pressure disorders) than white women, according to 2016-2017 data.
Learn more about the problem and what can be done: https://www.prb.org/resources/maternal-death-among-u-s-black-women/
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