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Among Hispanic women, the rate of women dying while pregnant, during childbirth or soon after increased from 14.5 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 18.9 in 2022.
The rate of Texas maternal deaths increased dramatically during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than doubling between 2019 and 2021, provisional data recently discussed at a ...
Infant deaths in Texas rose by nearly 13% the year after SB8 was passed, from 1,985 in 2021 to 2,240 in 2022. During that same period, infant deaths rose by about 2% nationwide.
The past 60 years have consistently shown considerable racial disparities in pregnancy-related deaths. Between 2011 and 2014, the mortality ratio for different racial populations based on pregnancy-related deaths was as follows: 12.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for white women, 40.0 for black women, and 17.8 for women of other races. [88]
Fewer death certificates are mentioning COVID-19 as a contributor to pregnancy-related deaths. The count was over 400 in 2021 but fewer than 10 last year, Hoyert said. The agency on Thursday released a report detailing the final maternal mortality data for 2022. It also recently released provisional data for 2023. Those numbers are expected to ...
March 11 –, Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton introduced a bill that would abolish abortion and make it a criminal act, whereby women and physicians who received and performed abortions, respectively, could receive the death penalty. [4] October 6 – United States federal judge Robert L. Pitman issues an order to block the Texas Heartbeat Act. [5]
Pregnancy increases the likelihood of femicide. [1] Globally, intimate partner violence (IPV) precedes the majority of pregnancy-associated femicides, with male intimate partners being the primary perpetrators. [3] In the United States, the leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum women is femicide. [4]
Some findings looking at the data from 2020 and 2021, which excluded any COVID-19-related deaths: In 2020, the deaths per 100,000 live births were 27.7. In 2021, that rate jumped to 37.7.