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Jeanne Sconin Racine (1641), mother of Jean Racine, died while giving birth to her second child, Marie; Elisabeth of France (1644), first wife and Queen consort of Philip IV of Spain; Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1648), wife of Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine, died while giving birth to twin daughters; Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1681), noble
Maternal mortality and morbidity are leading contributors in women's health. It is estimated that 303,000 women are killed each year in childbirth and pregnancy worldwide. [74] The global rate in 2017 is 211 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births and 45% of postpartum deaths occur within 24 hours. [75]
Women who died during, as result of childbirth or from pregnancy complications (e.g. eclampsia or puerperal fever ... List of women who died in childbirth; A.
Since 1999, the number of women who have died following childbirth has more than doubled, and Black women make up the majority of deaths, according to a study published in JAMA that uses data from ...
In response to the MacDorman study, revealing the "inability, or unwillingness, of states and the federal government to track maternal deaths", [16] ProPublica and NPR found that in 2016 alone, between 700 and 900 women died from pregnancy- and childbirth-related causes. In "Lost Mothers" they published stories of some of women who died ...
A mother died shortly after the birth of her fifth child due to hospital staff failing to “appropriately escalate” signs of a peritoneal hemorrhage, according to a coroner’s report.
In Aztec mythology, the Cihuateteo (/ s iː ˌ w ɑː t ɪ ˈ t eɪ oʊ /; Classical Nahuatl: Cihuātēteoh, in singular Cihuātēotl) or "Divine Women", were the spirits of women who died in childbirth. [1] They were likened to the spirits of male warriors who died in violent conflict, because childbirth was conceptually equivalent to battle ...
Statistics show a Black woman is at least twice as likely to die in childbirth than a White woman in America. Dr. Chaniece Wallace, a pediatric chief resident in Indiana, died on October 20 after ...