There is another article that was widely publicized about breastfeeding and
infant mortality. In this article the authors offered evidence that the race
gap in infant mortality in the U.S. was due as much (if not more) to the
significantly lower incidence of breastfeeding initiation among black women
versus white women than to the fact that  black women had less access to
prenatal care than white women.



Renata Forste, Jessica Weiss, and Emily Lippincott, "The Decision to
Breastfeed in the United States: Does Race Matter?" Pediatrics 108 (August
2001): 291-296.



From the article abstract:

Objectives: To estimate the effects of maternal and birth characteristics on
the decision to breastfeed and to relate breastfeeding practices to racial
differences in infant mortality.

Conclusion: Efforts to increase breastfeeding of infants in the black
community should narrow the racial gap in infant mortality.


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