U.S. Maternal Death Rates More Than Doubled in the 21st Century, Study Finds | Smart News
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 7, 2023
The U.S. has a signifcantly higher maternal death rate than many other high-income countries, and maternal mortality among Black Americans is more than double that of white Americans.
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The maternal death rate in the United States more than doubled between 1999 and 2019, according to a new study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Within that 20-year period, the researchers documented stark disparities across five racial and ethnic . . .
