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As we end #BlackMaternalHealthWeek (BMHW) 2024, we’re faced with alarming data that is a call to action. In Texas, Black Texans die from pregnancy-related causes at twice the rate of White Texans and four times the rate of Latino Texans. This is an inequitable and unacceptable health disparity for our entire state.

Preventable differences in health outcomes – which are closely linked to income, zip code, and race – are driving up health care costs and reducing work productivity across Texas, and the state’s economy is suffering more than $7 billion in annual losses because of it. For the first time, researchers estimate the local impact and county-level cost estimates of health disparities across the state.

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EHF’s Dr. Ann Barnes says by going beyond the doctor’s office to impact the non-medical factors that impact health, EHF aims to address preventable health differences that are too often prevalent in Black communities.