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From 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period, according to an analysis by the Gender Equity Policy ...
When it came to severe pregnancy complications (aka severe maternal morbidity), the rates were very divided by race. The rate overall was 85.5 cases per 100,000 hospital deliveries in 2021 and 72. ...
Texas had the highest infant mortality rise in the year after Dobbs; infant deaths rose 13%. [3] Many of these deaths were due to fetal abnormalities; deaths due to birth defects went up 23%, as the Texas Heartbeat Act bans all abortions after six weeks, with no exceptions for rape, incest or fetal abnormalities. "In the absence of an abortion ...
A Texas law that banned abortions early in pregnancy is associated with a stark increase in infant and newborn deaths, new research finds. ... The new study compared infant death rates in Texas ...
According to the World Health Organization, maternal mortality is defined as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy." [17] The maternal mortality rates in Texas have been a source of concern as well as much discussion. From 2000 to 2010, the maternal mortality rate in Texas increased from 17.7 (for ...
Texas has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, and the rate by which Texas women died from pregnancy related complications doubled from 2010 to 2014, to 23.8 per 100,000. A rate unmatched in any other U.S. state or economically developed country.
In September 2021, Texas banned nearly all abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy. ... In that same time period, infant mortality rates rose 8.3% in Texas, compared with an increase of 2.2% ...
List of U.S. states and territories by birth and death rates in 2021 2021 rank State Birth rate (per 1,000 people) [1] Death rate ... Texas: 12.7 9.1 3.6 9