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[55] [77] In the 2017 NPR and ProPublica series "Lost Mothers: Maternal Mortality in the U.S." based on a six-month long collaborative investigation, they reported that the United States has the highest rate of maternal mortality than any other developed country, and it is the only country where mortality rate has been rising. [78]
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. [5] 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 ...
California has the lowest maternal mortality in the nation — 10.5 per 100,000 live births, less than half the national rate. But that wasn’t the case before it created a “maternal quality ...
The overall maternal mortality rate in the state is nearly double the national average, at 26 per 100,000 live births. Angela Dennis is the Knox News race, justice and equity reporter. Email ...
[2] [3] The American Public Health Association considers maternal mortality to be a human rights issue, also noting the disparate rates of Black maternal death. [4] Race affects maternal health throughout the pregnancy continuum, beginning prior to conception and continuing through pregnancy (antepartum), during labor and childbirth ...
Black Americans have higher rates of infant and maternal mortality, higher incidence of asthma during childhood, and more. ... mortality rate in the United States — 69.9 per 100,000 live births ...
Rates among Black women have long been the worst in the nation, and the problem affects people of all socioeconomic The post Black moms died at highest rate as maternal deaths doubled during last ...
The estimated maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) for 48 states and Washington, DC (excluding California and Texas) increased by 26.6%, from 18.8 in 2000 to 23.8 in 2014. [4] California showed a declining trend, whereas Texas had a sudden increase in 2011-2012. [4] The Texas rate had nearly doubled. [5]