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Maternal mortality rates per 100,000 births. 2018-2022: Image title: Map of maternal mortality rates per 100,000 births by US state. 2018-2022. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Width: 100%: Height: 100%
The US has the "highest rate of maternal mortality in the industrialized world." [82] In the United States, the maternal death rate averaged 9.1 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births during the years 1979–1986, [83] but then rose rapidly to 14 per 100,000 in 2000 and 17.8 per 100,000 in 2009. [84]
This is a list of U.S. states, the District of Columbia and territories by infant mortality rates in 2021. The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. The child mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants ...
This morning, March of Dimes, a nonprofit that works to improve the health of mothers and babies, released its annual report card of the United States’ progress on combatting maternal and infant ...
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Maternal mortality rates in the United States continue to rise and Black women continue to be most affected, new data shows. Deaths of women during and just after pregnancy have been steadily ...
Race plays a role in maternal mortality. In 2021, the maternal mortality rate for Black women was 69.9 deaths per 100,000 live births. [9] This is 2.6 times the rate for White women. [1] Approximately 1 in 6 Black infants were born in maternity care deserts and 1 in 4 Native American babies were born in maternity care deserts. [1]
California has the lowest maternal mortality in the nation — 10.5 per 100,000 live births, less than half the national rate. But that wasn't the case before it created a “maternal quality care collaborative" in 2006.