The number of American women who died at or soon after childbirth declined significantly in 2022, the latest government data shows, but the rate is still higher than pre-pandemic levels.
The report from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics found that, in 2022, 817 women died within 42 days of the end of aThat's a big drop from the 1,205 such deaths recorded in 2021, but still higher than pre-pandemic levels -- 754 in 2019, and 658 in 2018, the report found.
Still, maternal deaths were down for all races and ethnicities except for Asian Americans, where the rate remained stable, the research showed."Rates in 2022 were 14.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for women younger than 25, 21.1 for those ages 25–39, and 87.1 for those age 40 and older," the report authors wrote.
Maternal mortality has been a growing concern -- one study published last July found the number of pregnant and postpartum women who die in the United States has more than doubled in two decades, hitting particular racial groups especially hard. That research found sharp increases in maternal death rates between 1999 and 2019, especially among Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native women.
"These disparities in maternal mortality are just the tip of the iceberg and tell us a lot about the health risks facing people in the states where these deaths are most likely to occur," study co-author Dr. Greg Roth said when the study was published. He directs the Program in Cardiovascular Health Metrics at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation , part of the University of Washington in Seattle.
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