Maternal Mortality Has Doubled Since 1999 in the U.S.
A new report shows that the number of U.S. women who died within a year after pregnancy more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 — with the highest deaths among Black women.
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Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled over two decades. Black mothers died at the highest rate
Researchers looked at maternal deaths between 1999 and 2019 — but not the COVID-19 pandemic spike — for every state and five racial and ethnic groups.
Women in more than half the states have seen availability of nearby prenatal and pregnancy care drop since 2018, according to a nationwide study by the March of Dimes.
