
U.S. Maternal Deaths Spiked Upwards During Pandemic
MONDAY, July 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Death rates for U.S. pregnant women or those who had just delivered jumped sharply during the first year of the pandemic, new research shows.
While U.S. death rates increased overall by 16% in 2020, for pregnant and early postpartum women it was officially even higher, at 18%, according to U.S. National Center for Health Statistics data.
Yet, that's not the whole picture: Even higher increases were seen among Black and Hispanic women.
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