Updated: Jun 11, 2025 / 06:39 PM CDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — New data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ranks Tennessee number one for its maternal mortality rate from 2018 to 2022.

Of those, 99.9 per cent survived childbirth. This is a dramatic improvement compared to the national maternal mortality rate of 1,047 deaths per 100,000 live births.

CAMDEN, N.J. (WPVI) -- The issue of maternal mortality was front and center at an event in New Jersey on Wednesday morning. It happened as Philadelphia continues an innovative new program bringing ...

“axes, herbs and satchels,” debuted in Brooklyn on April 16. Photo courtesy of Jody Christopherson Black and Brown birthing people in the United States are more than three times more likely than their ...

As of 2022, the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. was 22.3 deaths per 100,000 live births, down from a rate of 32.9 in 2021, according to the CDC.

However, a sharp increase was recorded in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, with adjusted maternal mortality rates peaking at 18.9 deaths per 100,000 live births -- nearly double the rate of ...

After the Gender Equity Policy Institute published data showing Texas’ maternal mortality rate increased by 56% from 2019 to 2022, Nancy L. Cohen, president of the organization, warned NBC News ...

Too many women are dying during and after childbirth in the U.S. A new program at Advent Health Avista is designed to cut down on the maternal mortality rate.

New York had a 33% increase in maternal deaths from 2018 to 2021. For every 100,000 live births in our state, there were 18.5 maternal deaths from 2018-2021.

While many associate maternal death with causes such as infection, hemorrhaging, embolism, or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, mental health conditions are a frequent underlying cause. In 2021, ...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a striking 17% decline in maternal mortality after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, defying alarmist predictions.