Maternal death rates across the country rose from 23.8 deaths per 100,000 live births to 32.9, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed.
was 36.4 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2018 — the third highest in the country. At the time, the national rate was 17.4 — nearly half of what the most recent rates are.Maternal death rates were:23.8 deaths/100,000 live births in 2020 Death rates also varied by race: Black women are more likely to die than those of any other race at 69.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared to 28.0 for Hispanic women and 26.6 for white women.
For women over age 40, the maternal death rate was 138.5 per 100,000. Hispanic women had the lowest death rate for those over 40 at 86.4, compared to white women at 126.9 and Black women at 300.8.
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