The number of women dying during pregnancy or childbirth jumped 40% in 2021 and Black women died at 2.6 times the rate of white women.
released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, a troubling finding following decades of steady increases that disproportionately affect Black mothers and cements the country’s reputation as a singularly dangerous place for new mothers compared to other wealthy nations.In 2021, 1,205 women died due to conditions caused or worsened by pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest report from the National Center for Health Statistics.
This means the overall mortality rate for 2021 was 32.9 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, the report said, up from 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019.
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