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PeoplewalkacrossastreetinWashington,D.C.,theUnitedStates,Nov.4,2022.(Xinhua/LiuJie)

ForBlackmothers,theratewas9.8per1,000livebirthsandfetaldeathsin2021,comparedtowhitemothers"rateof4.8.

NEWYORK,Jan.13(Xinhua)--AwidedisparityinfetalmortalitycontinuedduringthefirsttwoyearsoftheCOVID-19pandemicintheUnitedStates,withBlackmothersmorethantwiceaslikelytoexperienceafetaldeathat20weeksormorethanwhitemothers,accordingtoanewstudy.

Whilefetaldeathsdecreasedby5percentforBlackmothersbetween2020and2021,theirratesremainedsignificantlyhigherthanwhitemothers,accordingtothestudypublishedbytheU.S.CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC)onThursday.

ForBlackmothers,theratewas9.8per1,000livebirthsandfetaldeathsin2021,comparedtowhitemothers"rateof4.8,CDCdatashowed.

Thefirstyearofthepandemic,therateforBlackfetaldeathswas10.34andin2019theratewas10.41,allmorethandoubletheratewhiteandHispanicmothersexperienced.

Fetalmortalityratescountdeathsingestationorstillbirthsanddonotincludeabortionsormiscarriages.TheCDCdefinesamiscarriageasapregnancylossbefore20weeksofgestationalage.