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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 ...
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). Listed at Data Files and Resources. National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). National Center for Health Statistics.
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.
This article includes a list of U.S. states sorted by birth and death rate, expressed per 1,000 inhabitants, for 2021, using the most recent data available from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
Nationally as well as in Texas, black women have a maternal mortality rate more than twice as high as White women and this disparity gap has increased since 2007, but the causes of this increase were unclear in 2013 and therefore the task force was formed to investigate. [1] The estimated maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) for 48 ...
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas led a letter calling for a briefing on why the state won’t review 2022 and 2023 deaths.
This article summarizes healthcare in Texas.In 2022, the United Healthcare Foundation ranked Texas as the 38th healthiest state in the United States. [1] Obesity, excessive drinking, maternal mortality, infant mortality, vaccinations, mental health, and limited access to healthcare are among the major public health issues facing Texas.
According to the Department of State Health Services, 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 ...