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Among Hispanic women, the rate of women dying while pregnant, during childbirth or soon after increased from 14.5 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 18.9 in 2022.
When the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee and Department of State Health Services released its ... Of the 407 pregnancy-associated deaths from 2016 to 2019 that the state ...
The rate of Texas maternal deaths increased dramatically during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than doubling between 2019 and 2021, provisional data recently discussed at a ...
Maternal deaths have steadily increased in Texas from 2010, with more than 30 deaths occurring for every 100,000 live births in 2014. [4] The diverse demography of Texas has been identified as one factor contributing to this mortality rate, with mortality being higher among ethnic minorities such as African-American and Hispanic women. [5]
Texas recorded 14 deaths in this period while New York had 11 in a period where 63 deaths from illegal abortions were reported nationwide. In 1972, Texas had eight illegal abortion deaths. In 1973, it had five. In 1974, the state recorded one illegal abortion death. [123] In 1990, 2,041,000 women in Texas faced the risk of unintended pregnancy ...
The past 60 years have consistently shown considerable racial disparities in pregnancy-related deaths. Between 2011 and 2014, the mortality ratio for different racial populations based on pregnancy-related deaths was as follows: 12.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for white women, 40.0 for black women, and 17.8 for women of other races. [88]
A Texas law that banned abortions early in pregnancy is associated with a stark increase in infant and newborn deaths, new research finds. ... Infant deaths in Texas rose by nearly 13% the year ...
A Texas teen died after the state’s ban on abortion stopped her from getting life-saving medical care while experiencing pregnancy complications. On October 28, 2023, the day of her baby shower ...