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Participants were newborns born at 22 to 29 weeks\u2019 gestation.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposure<\/jats:title>\n Race and ethnicity.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n The primary outcomes were mortality and complications, including respiratory distress syndrome, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), early-onset sepsis, late-onset sepsis (LOS), severe intraventricular hemorrhage (sIVH), severe retinopathy of prematurity, chronic lung disease, pneumothorax, and complication-free survival.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Among 90\u202f336 newborns (47\u202f215 male [52.3%]; 43\u202f121 female [47.7%]; mean [SD] gestational age, 26.4 [2.1] weeks), 4734 (5.2%) were born to Asian, 20\u202f345 (22.3%) to Hispanic, 31\u202f264 (34.3%) to non-Hispanic Black, and 33\u202f993 (37.3%) to non-Hispanic White birthing individuals. Rates of in-hospital mortality (4831 Black newborns [15.6%]; 3009 Hispanic newborns [14.9%]; and 4886 White newborns [14.4%]), NEC (2374 Black newborns [7.8%]; 1359 Hispanic newborns [6.9%]; and 2137 White newborns [6.5%]), LOS (3846 Black newborns [13.5%]; 2258 Hispanic newborns [12.3%]; and 3575 White newborns [11.5%]), and sIVH (2919 Black newborns [10.3%]; 1673 Hispanic newborns [9.2%]; and 2800 White newborns [9.1%]) were highest among Black and lowest among White newborns. Chronic lung disease and pneumothorax rates were lowest among Black and highest among White newborns. Over the study period, mortality rate differences were slightly higher for Black than White newborns, with no differences by 2022. NEC and LOS rates were consistently higher among Black than White newborns. By 2022, Black newborns had higher rates of NEC (rate difference,\u20091.3 percentage points; 95% CI, 0.46-2.2 percentage points) and LOS (rate difference,\u20092.7 percentage points; 95% CI, 1.4-4.0 percentage points). sIVH rates were higher for Black newborns in some years, whereas severe retinopathy of prematurity rates were lower. Hispanic newborns had mortality and complication rates similar to those of White newborns. Black and Hispanic newborns had lower respiratory complication rates and higher complication-free survival than White newborns.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this cohort study, there were no differences in mortality rates between Black and White newborns, but Black newborns had higher rates of NEC and LOS. 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