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In the states of Pennsylvania, Missouri, and California, the journal article "Black-white disparities in maternal in-hospital mortality according to teaching and black-serving hospital status" discovered that between the years of 1995 to 2000, out of every 100,000 patients in a hospital, 11.5 black women died during pregnancy, and 4.8 white ...
A national study examined the death rates from pregnancy in white and black women. The study found that for five particular pregnancy problems, the death risk was 2.4 to 3.3 times higher among black women. Preeclampsia, placenta abruptio, placenta previa, and postpartum hemorrhage were among them (Howell, 2018).
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 ...
"the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." Note that this wording includes abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, and ectopic pregnancy
In 2019, the national maternal mortality rate for Black women was 44 deaths per 100,000 live births, more than twice the rate for white women. Black moms are more likely to die in childbirth. Will ...
Among Hispanic women, the rate of women dying while pregnant, during childbirth or soon after increased from 14.5 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 18.9 in 2022.
Washington's death sparked protests at the medical center and brought attention to the wider issue of Black maternal mortality in the United States. [5]New York state senators Julia Salazar and Gustavo Rivera co-sponsored bill S8729 that would require hospitals to release statistics related to childbirth complications, fetal loss, and maternity related injuries.
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