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Risk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study finds

  • Written by Laura Fleszar, Public Health Researcher at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
Risk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study findsMaternal death rates are higher in the U.S. than in other high-income countries.Tetra Images/Getty Images

Black women were more likely to die during pregnancy or soon after in every year from 1999 through 2019, compared with Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and white women. That is a key...

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