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The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) for the state of Texas was concluded to be the highest in the developed world in 2016, with the maternal mortality rate (MMRate) of the state surging beyond the poor MMRate of 48 states of the US (excluding California and Texas) at 23.8% to a remarkably high 35.8%. [2]
When the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee and Department of State Health Services released its biennial report last month, it showed that despite some efforts, pregnant ...
The state of Texas has failed women.” CORRECTION (Sept. 21, 2024, 8:17 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article misstated the maternal mortality rates by demographic. The figures represent ...
AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability are asking Texas’ maternal mortality committee to brief them on the controversial decision to not ...
[17] The maternal mortality rates in Texas have been a source of concern as well as much discussion. From 2000 to 2010, the maternal mortality rate in Texas increased from 17.7 (for every 100,000 live births) to 18.6. [3] It must be noted that during this period, in 2006, Texas included the consideration of pregnancy on its death certificate. [3]
The rate of Texas maternal deaths increased dramatically during the first two years of ... the provisional maternal mortality ratio jumped from 17.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 37.7 ...
An analysis from the Gender Equity Policy Institute found that from 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period. Within a year after Texas' abortion ban took effect in 2021, maternal mortality rose in all racial groups studied, according to the Institute ...
Texas ranks among the bottom 10 states for the rate of maternal mortality. Tarrant County’s maternal death rate is higher than the state average, with 25.4 deaths per 100,000 live births.