Maternal Health: Outcomes Worsened and Disparities Persisted During the Pandemic
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 19, 2022
What GAO Found
Each year in the U.S., hundreds of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth—known as maternal death. GAO's analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows that maternal deaths increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the data show that COVID-19 was a contributing factor in one quarter of all maternal deaths in 2020 and 2021 combined.
Maternal Deaths, 2018 through 2021
CDC data also show racial and ethnic disparities in the rate of maternal . . .
