16.8% of black babies are born with low birth weight compared to just 7.9% statewide. Black women are five times more likely to die in childbirth or complications than white people. 21% of pregnancy-related deaths are black women. And black babies are three times more likely to die before their first birthday in Wisconsin. Now, one of the things that we did do last week, Thursday was that we expanded postpartum care. (48:39–48:44)
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