Childbirth deadlier for Americans

Study says U.S. maternal death rate crisis is really a case of bad data

Under the new criteria, researchers found that the mortality rates were 10.2 per 100,000 live births from 1999 to 2002 and 10.4 from 2018 to ...

Study: Wealthiest Black Moms And Their Babies More Likely To Die ...

Previous research shows that Black mothers and babies have the worst childbirth outcomes in the United States, even with more resources.

US Ranks Worst in Maternal Care, Mortality Compared With 10 ...

Among 11 developed countries, the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate, a relative undersupply of maternity care providers, ...

What's behind the spike in U.S. maternal mortality

The AMA has identified other factors that contribute to bad maternal outcomes: poor insurance coverage prior to, during and after pregnancy; ...

Maternal mortality: An American crisis - CBS News

With its rate of maternal deaths increasing, the U.S. is the only industrialized country where young women have a higher risk of dying ...

Giving Birth in the US Is Getting Deadlier - Bloomberg News

Deaths from childbirth have increased over the past 20 years, yet the country has barely done anything to reverse the trend.

Fact Check: “Abortion is 14 Times Safer than Childbirth”

These better-quality studies demonstrate far more deaths in the year following abortion than childbirth, providing strong evidence that abortion ...

Explore Maternal Mortality in the United States | AHR

Discover more about Maternal Mortality in the United States from America's Health Rankings. ... childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy ...

What is the maternal mortality for women 40 and over in the US?

Black women above 40 especially experience a mortality rate of more than 300 per 100000 live births.

Study: Giving birth is deadlier for black woman | cbs8.com

Study: Giving birth is deadlier for black woman. "This is actually a public health crisis, and it represents a failure of our public health ...

Trends in State-Level Maternal Mortality by Racial and Ethnic Group ...

In 2019, there were an estimated 1210 total maternal deaths and 3 750 000 live births in the US. The number of maternal deaths and births by ...

Maternal death rate is improving. So why do disparities persist?

The World Health Organization defines maternal mortality as the death of a woman while she is pregnant or within 42 days of giving birth or ...

Solving the Black Maternal Health Crisis | Johns Hopkins

CDC data show that Black women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women, with most of the ...

Maternal mortality is shockingly high in the U.S.—especially if you're ...

Black American women are almost three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white or Hispanic women—whether ...

The Worsening U.S. Maternal Health Crisis in Three Graphs

In 2020, the U.S. maternal mortality rate was 23.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, with 861 known deaths due to maternal causes. It is crucial ...

Shrinking maternal mortality in Missouri is a focus of policymakers

That included about 70 deaths each year, but a spike to 85 deaths in 2020. The ratio of Black people who died of pregnancy-related causes during ...

Metrocentered: Tackling the Black Maternal Health Crisis

Maternal mortality is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the death of a woman during pregnancy, at delivery, or within ...

Why Childbirth Is Still So Risky in the U.S. (And What to Do About It)

Unsurprisingly, maternal mortality is closely tied to issues of race, poverty, and socioeconomic status. Black women are 3 to 4 times more ...

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester on X: "Childbirth is deadlier in the United ...

Childbirth is deadlier in the United States than in any other high-income nation” is not just a headline - it's a call to action.

Pregnancy is already deadlier for Black women. Abortion bans will ...

Infant mortality rates are highest among Black babies and Native American babies, both over 2x more likely to die under the age of 1 than a ...