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Bookmark or Share- Addressing the U.S. maternal mortality crisis | News | Harvard T.H ...According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. What’s more, rates of severe maternal morbidity—unexpected complications near or during childbirth that result in short- or long-term health consequences—are high and getting worse.
- U.S. maternal deaths keep rising. Here's who is most at riskThe rate at which women in the U.S. are dying from pregnancy related causes more than doubled in recent decades. A new study, published in JAMA shows Black women and Native Americans are most...
- Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance SystemThe Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS) defines a pregnancy-related death as a death during or within 1 year of the end of pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy.
- Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Data From Maternal Mortality Review ...In 2020, the six most frequent underlying causes of pregnancy-related death—mental health conditions, cardiovascular conditions, infection, hemorrhage, embolism, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy—accounted for over 82% of pregnancy-related deaths (Table 4).
- Pregnancy deaths rose by 56% in Texas after 2021 abortion ban, analysis ...The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed after the state’s ban on abortion care, a new analysis finds.
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