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Does your racial background affect your chance for pregnancy? There is a slight difference in infertility rates, with Hispanic women under 35 experiencing a 7 percent infertility rate, Caucasians a 6.4 percent infertility rate, and African American women recording a 10.5 percent rate of infertility. These differences may be due to socioeconomic factors, such as poverty, poor nutrition, or lack of physician care, rather than strictly racial issues.