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August 2, 2023 at 1:09 PM. ... According to the CDC, in 2019, the maternal mortality rate was 20.1 deaths per 100,000 live births in the U.S. Instead of decreasing, ...
The CDC reported an increase in the maternal mortality ratio in the United States from 18.8 deaths per 100,000 births to 23.8 deaths per 100,000 births between 2000 and 2014, a 26.6% increase. [6] The mortality rate of pregnant and recently pregnant women in the United States rose almost 30% between 2019 and 2020. [7]
In 2022, 817 women in the U.S. died of maternal causes — a rate of 22.3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, according to data released in May by the CDC’s National Center for Health ...
As of 2021, the estimated national maternal mortality rate in the United States is about 32.9 per 100,000 live births––but it is about 69.9 per 100,000 live births for Black women. [3] Furthermore, data from the CDC Pregnancy Surveillance Study shows that these higher rates of Black maternal mortality are due to higher fatality rates, not a ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
A study published Monday, July 3, 2023, in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows maternal mortality rates in the U.S. doubled between 1999 and 2019, that Native American and ...