ABOVE: The headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Georgia
WIKIMEDIA, DANIEL MAYER
According to a report published yesterday (May 7) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 700 women die annually in the US from pregnancy-related complications, and most of them are preventable. The report also highlights the racial differences in pregnancy-related deaths. Black women and Native American women die at rates 3.3 and 2.5 times higher than non-Hispanic white women, respectively, according to the study.
Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed data on the causes of death and risk factors associated with maternal deaths in 13 US states from 2011 to 2015, during which 3,410 pregnancy-related deaths occurred. A little more than 30 percent of the deaths occurred during pregnancy, nearly 17 percent on the day of delivery, 19 percent during the first week postpartum, and the remaining deaths ...
