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This figure affirmed that the US is the most dangerous rich country to live in during pregnancy or childbirth. The figures put the maternal mortality rate at 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births – or about one death per 3,000 births. The World Health Organization has announced this rate at 11 in high-income countries in 2017. [93]
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]
Own work from Maternal deaths and mortality rates by state, 2018-2022 and 2018-2021 (previous map). Listed at Data Files and Resources. National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). National Center for Health Statistics. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The 2018 Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Biennial Report showed the rate of maternal deaths in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, measured in terms of women dying while pregnant or within 42 days ...
“The U.S. is facing an ongoing maternal and infant health crisis and in 2020 we are still among the most dangerous developed nations for a woman to give birth,” says Stacey Stewart, president ...
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 live births and essentially captures the risk of ...
Maternal mortality rates in the United States continue to rise and Black women continue to be most affected, new data shows. Deaths of women during and just after pregnancy have been steadily ...