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In 2016, Black, Latino, and Native-American youth had the highest rates of teenage pregnancy and childbirth. [12] In 2014, For every 1,000 black boys in the United States, 29 of them are teenage fathers, compared to 14 per 1,000 white boys. [18] The rate of teen fatherhood declined 36% between 1991 and 2010, from 25 to 16 per 1,000 males aged ...
In the United States specifically, maternal mortality is still a prevalent issue in health care. From the year 2003 to 2013, only 8 countries worldwide saw an increase of the maternal mortality rate. The United States was included in this group, seeing an increase in the pregnancy-related mortality ratio over the past 3 decades.
The 2021 maternal mortality rate for Black women was nearly three times higher than it was for white women. Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six ...
Maternal deaths: The annual number of female deaths from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes) during pregnancy and childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, expressed per 100,000 live births, for a ...
Pregnancy-related deaths are rising in the United States, and according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 60 percent of those deaths are preventable. The U.S is ...
The United States continues to have a higher rate of women dying in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum compared with all other high-income nations, even despite recent declines in the US maternal ...
The US teen pregnancy rate 15 to 19 year olds, per 1,000, 1973 to 2011, including Black, Hispanic, and White populations [140] In 2001, the teenage birth rate in the US was the highest in the developed world, and the teenage abortion rate is also high.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to provisional CDC data. That’s down from 817 deaths in 2022 and 1,205 in 2021, when it was the highest level in more than 50 years.