North Carolina’s maternal mortality rate is still higher than pre-pandemic years, CDC reports. What to know about pregnancy-related deaths. Pregnancy-related deaths in NC have been rising.

The maternal mortality rate in 2020 was 27.7 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared to 17.2 in 2019. With COVID-related deaths excluded, the rate was 24.2.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. is unacceptably high. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 817 women in ...

In the Asia-Pacific region, major progress has been made particularly in South and South-West Asia, where the mortality rate decreased by 264.3 deaths per 100,000 live births over the past two ...

In the United Kingdom, for example, the maternal mortality rate for 2021-2023 was 12.67 per 100,000 live births. There is much work to be done to reduce our rate even further.

The maternal mortality rate in 2020 was 27.7 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared to 17.2 in 2019. With COVID-related deaths excluded, the rate was 24.2.

Maternal deaths spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, bumping the nation’s maternal mortality rate up to 33.8 deaths per 100,000 live first in June of 2022, according to the data.

According to the report, there were 166 pregnancy-related deaths in TN during the five year span, making the state’s maternal mortality rate 41.1 per 100,000 births.

The rate of Texas women who died because of pregnancy or childbirth rose sharply in 2020 and 2021 to the highest since the state started tracking maternal deaths in 2013. Even excluding deaths ...

That’s up from 669 deaths in 2023, but down from 2022 and 2021, when it was the highest level in more than 50 years.The maternal mortality rate rose to 19 deaths per 100,000 live births, up from ...

That’s up from 669 deaths in 2023, but down from 2022 and 2021, when it was the highest level in more than 50 years.The maternal mortality rate rose to 19 deaths per 100,000 live births, up from ...

Overall, the Texas maternal-mortality rate in 2012 was more than 61 percent lower than what was reported in the 2016 Obstetrics and Gynecology article. Indeed, there is a good chance that the ...