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Black maternal mortality in the United States refers to the disproportionately high rate of maternal death among those who identify as Black or African American women. [1] Maternal death is often linked to both direct obstetric complications (such as hemorrhage or eclampsia) and indirect obstetric deaths that exacerbate pre-existing health ...
Black women are more likely to die from postpartum hemorrhage than women from other racial groups. [72] Disparities in Black maternal mortality persist across all levels of education. [75] American Indian and Native Alaskan women also have a disparate risk of death from pregnancy-related complications that is 2.3 times the risk of white women. [75]
Tennessee ranks third-worst in the nation for maternal health, and Black women, women of color and those from rural areas are likely to suffer most. Black women face alarming maternal mortality rates.
Cardiovascular disease and hypertension remain top contributors to maternal mortality, according to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) […] The post For pregnant Black ...
Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally. Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest ...
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 ...
In several of the most populated U.S. counties, Black women remain less likely to carry a pregnancy to term than other The post Dangers and deaths around Black pregnancies seen as a ‘completely ...
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 ...