Description/Abstract
The U.S. maternal mortality rate is consistently higher than its high-income peer countries. Since 2018 maternal mortality rates in the U.S. have steadily increased for all ethnoracial groups. This data slice uses data from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics to describe U.S. maternity mortality rates for women ages 15-45 across different ethnoracial groups between 2018-2022. Results show that, except for non-Hispanic (NH) Asian women, ethnoracial minority women have higher maternal death rates than NH White women.
Document Type
Data Slice
Keywords
Maternal Mortality Rate, Race and Ethnicity, Reproductive Healthcare
Disciplines
Family, Life Course, and Society | Maternal and Child Health | Race and Ethnicity | Sociology | Women's Health
Date
2-13-2024
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Haywood, Tori-Ann, "Black Women Have the Highest Maternal Mortality Rate in the United States" (2024). Population Health Research Brief Series. 242.
https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/242
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