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More reasons why healthcare in America is in dire need of a complete overhaul:
* A Black baby is born uninsured every five minutes. One out of every seven babies born uninsured is Black.
* One out of eight Black children is uninsured. Sixteen percent of all uninsured children are Black.
* Three-quarters of uninsured Black children have a working parent, and more than half have a parent who works full-time throughout the year.
* Black infants are more than twice as likely as White infants to die before their first birthday.
* Babies born to Black mothers are almost twice as likely as those born to White mothers to be low birth weight.
* Babies born to Black mothers are about 50 percent more likely than those born to White mothers to be preterm.
* Black children are almost 70% more likely than White children to lack a usual place for health care.
* More than one out of four Black two year olds is not fully immunized.
* Less than half of Black children are in excellent health. Black children are 20% less likely to be in excellent health than White children.
* One out of eight black children has asthma as compared to one out of thirteen White children.
* Among young Black children ages 2 to 4, one out of five has untreated tooth decay. Among Black children 6 to 8 years old, more than one out of three has untreated tooth decay.
* Black teenagers are more than twice as likely as White teenagers to have gone more than two years without seeing a dentist.
* One in three Black children is poor. The number of poor Black children increased by about 260,000 in the past five years to reach 3.8 million.
* Two out of five Black babies are born into poverty and more than half of all poor Black children live in extreme poverty.
* Out of the 5.6 million children living in extreme poverty in America, nearly 2 million are Black.
Source: The Children's Defense Fund, 2004.
