The number of women who died during and soon after childbirth surged to its highest level in nearly 60 years, exacerbating a yearslong trend that has made the U.S. the most dangerous place among high-income countries to give birth
Maternal deaths surged to the highest rate in nearly 60 years, data showed, exacerbating a yearslong trend that has made the U.S. theThe number of women who died during pregnancy or shortly after
rose 40% to 1,205 in 2021, compared with 861 in 2020 and 754 in 2019, the National Center for Health Statistics said Thursday. The increase pushed the maternal-mortality rate to 33 deaths per 100,000 live births, the highest since 1965, compared with 24 in 2020 and 20 in 2019.
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