Maternal deaths in Georgia and other US states more than doubled over two decades. Black mothers died at the highest rate – WABE
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 6, 2023
Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally.
Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers. And some states — and racial or ethnic groups within them – fared worse than others.
The findings were laid out in 
