plaguing the Black community. According to the CDC, black mothers in the U.S. die at three to four times the rate of white mothers, one of the widest of all racial disparities in women’s health. Put another way, a black woman is 22 percent more likely to die from heart disease than a white woman, 71 percent more likely to perish from cervical cancer, but 243 percent more likely to die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes. In a national study of five medical complications that are common causes of maternal death and injury, black women were two to three times more likely to die than white women who had the same condition.
Condolences continue to pour in on social media as people have found out about her death. One follower put it best, “You didn’t even need to know Nicole personally to see how excited her and Boga were to be parents.”
Our prayers, thoughts and positive energy go out to the family.