For the first time, the U.S. has standardized maternal mortality data from all 50 states — a step toward identifying ways to reduce pregnancy-related deaths across the country, experts say.
indicate that from 2007 to 2016, black mothers died at a rate of 3.2 times that of white mothers; in that dataset, Hispanic mothers also had the lowest rate, at 11.5 pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births, slightly less than white women's rate of 12.7 pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births.
While the National Center for Health Statistics' data are the most recent, Anderson cautioned that they are only a first look at 2018 maternal deaths and cannot be guaranteed to be 100 percent reliable, even with the changes. He said the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System is expected to dive into the data more deeply in the future.
“I don’t think it’s as important to focus on the exact numbers. What’s important is that black women have a much higher maternal mortality rate than white women.”
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