The rate is the lowest reported since 2018 and represents a significant drop from 2021 when it spiked to 32.9. The United ...

The Kano State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to completely eradicating maternal mortality in the state, rather ...

The report notes that 42 counties in Indiana lack a labor and delivery unit, prompting maternal health advocates to call for ...

Black women saw their maternal mortality rate increase from 49.5 deaths per 100,000 live births to 50.3 over one year, while every other racial group experienced declines.

Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the ...

The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth ...

New data from the CDC shows that Black women are three and a half times more likely to die due to pregnancy complications ...

U.S. births have been declining and fewer pregnancies contributes to fewer pregnancy-related deaths, researchers say.

Patients of emergency department (ED) physicians with higher admission rates showed no improvement in 30-day mortality, despite their physicians ordering more tests and contributing to longer ...

In 1987, the global maternal mortality ratio was over 400 per 100,000 live births, which amounted to half a million maternal deaths every year. At the time, Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla, past president of the ...

calculated the age-standardized incidence and mortality rates (ASIR and ASMR) and the estimated annual percentage change (EAPC), meanwhile, employed Joinpoint regression model to assess the trends.