Science Fair Proposal

Content:
1. Obstetrics & Gynecology

2. The problem in OB/GYN is rate of infant mortality. It is a problem because many children are not living to see their first birthday.  According to worldbank.org, the rate of infant mortality is 6 per 1,000 live births. Although it is not a staggering number, it is still higher than other developed countries like Canada or the United Kingdom. However, women who are non-Hispanic Black women, are more likely to suffer from infant mortality. 

The quote below by  Dr Hugh Jones, Lecturer in Bacteriology at the Royal Southern Hospital in Liverpool, in his 1893 essay to the Royal Statistical Society on ‘The Perils and Protection of Infant Life’.

• “The better protection of infant life is one of the most intricate and difficult of modern problems."

3.Hypothesis

• If you are a non-Hispanic Black woman, then you are more susceptible to infant mortality. 

4. I will perform the experiment by looking at credible sources such as the Centers for Disease Control to look for data that shows race/ethnicity and the percentage of infant mortality in those races. 

5. Animal Biology & Physiology, Behavioral/Social Science