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  2. Maternal mortality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The US has the "highest rate of maternal mortality in the industrialized world." [82] In the United States, the maternal death rate averaged 9.1 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births during the years 1979–1986, [83] but then rose rapidly to 14 per 100,000 in 2000 and 17.8 per 100,000 in 2009. [84]

  3. US maternal mortality rate declines, but disparities remain ...

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    The US maternal mortality rate fell from 32.9 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2021 to 22.3 per 100,000 in 2022, according to the report, published Thursday by the CDC’s National ...

  4. Impacts of restrictive abortion laws in the United States

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    Wade decision reduced maternal mortality rates by 30–40% for people of color; "Legal abortion substantially improved maternal health for disadvantaged groups." [ 16 ] But Dobbs overturned Roe v Wade's ruling, removing federal protection for abortion access and allowing states to regulate, limit, or ban abortion.

  5. Maternity care deserts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Race plays a role in maternal mortality. In 2021, the maternal mortality rate for Black women was 69.9 deaths per 100,000 live births. [9] This is 2.6 times the rate for White women. [1] Approximately 1 in 6 Black infants were born in maternity care deserts and 1 in 4 Native American babies were born in maternity care deserts. [1]

  6. US pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after COVID spike - AOL

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    The 2021 maternal mortality rate for Black women was nearly three times higher than it was for white women. Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six ...

  7. New study challenges scale of maternal health crisis in the US

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    In 2022, the Biden ... The maternal mortality rate had jumped more than 60% over the course of two years, from about 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to about 33 deaths per 100,000 live ...

  8. US has the highest rate of maternal deaths among high ... - AOL

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    The United States continues to have a higher rate of women dying in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum compared with all other high-income nations, even despite recent declines in the US maternal ...

  9. List of countries by maternal mortality ratio - Wikipedia

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    Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births. [1] From Our World in Data (using World Health Organization definition): "The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is defined as the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100,000 live births during the same time period. It depicts the risk of maternal death relative to the number of ...