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.The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that there were an estimated 1,210 maternal deaths in 2019, up from just 505 in 1999.
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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.
