The maternal death rate for women from Black ethnic backgrounds has decreased slightly from the rate in 2019-21 but Black women remain three times more likely to die compared to White women.

Maternal deaths in Britain occur in fewer than 1 in 10,000 pregnancies, official data shows. From 2015 to 2017, 209 mothers died from pregnancy-related causes, out of more than 2.2 million women ...

We know more about the mechanics of space than of childbirth. With no studies or evidence, care is based on assumptions, and ...

Women from ethnic minority backgrounds or areas of high social deprivation are at higher risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), ...

White people in Britain are dying at higher rates than ethnic minorities because of their drinking and smoking habits. Analysis from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) of mortality rates by ...

Robin Y. Park, Alyssa Bilinski, Robbie M. Parks, Seth Flaxman. Trends in Maternal, Fetal, and Infant Mortality in the US, 2000-2023. JAMA Pediatrics, 2025; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.0440 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government committed on Wednesday to tackling disparities in maternal mortality rates, saying it was "completely unacceptable" that pregnancy and birth were riskier ...