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The state of Texas has failed women.” CORRECTION (Sept. 21, 2024, 8:17 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article misstated the maternal mortality rates by demographic. The figures represent ...
Date: 27 June 2023 - date of first upload to the Commons. See file history for later dates. Source: Own work from Maternal deaths and mortality rates by state, 2018-2022 and 2018-2021 (previous map).
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 (per 1,000 people) [1] Rate of natural increase (per 1,000 people) 1 Guam: 15.5 7.6 7.9 2 American Samoa - - - 3 Utah: 14.0 6.8 7.2 4 Northern Marianas: 11.0 5.1 5.9 5 Alaska: 12.8 8.5 4.3 6 District of Columbia: 12. ...
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.
Texas ranks among the bottom 10 states for the rate of maternal mortality. Tarrant County’s maternal death rate is higher than the state average, with 25.4 deaths per 100,000 live births.
“The U.S. is facing an ongoing maternal and infant health crisis and in 2020 we are still among the most dangerous developed nations for a woman to give birth,” says Stacey Stewart, president ...
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 rate of Texas maternal ... the provisional maternal mortality ratio jumped from 17.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 37.7 two years later, according to state figures. When adjusted ...