The US mothers' mortality rate rose last year, say health officers

By Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

New York (AP) – Last year more US women died last year at the birth of last Wednesday by two years of the decline.

In the centers for the control and prevention of diseases, 688 people died last year during pregnancy or shortly after birth. This rose from 669 deaths in 2023, but from 2022 and 2021, when it was the highest level for more than 50 years.

The maternal mortality rate rose to 19 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared to 6.6 p.m. in the previous year.

The CDC counts women who die during pregnancy during birth and up to 42 days after birth due to pregnancy conditions. Excessive bleeding, blood vessel blocks and infections are leading.

Such deaths rose during the Covid 19 pandemic because the coronavirus was particularly dangerous for pregnant women. And in the worst days of pandemic, burned -out doctors may have increased the risk by ignoring the worries of the pregnant women, explain experts.

Losing weight of Covid-19 is the main reason for the decline in deaths among mothers in 2022 and 2023, experts say.

However, these improvements are now compensated for by other factors that can reduce access to medical care, experts say. They say that the list contains the closure of rural hospitals and the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, which has eliminated the right to abortion, which was established by the state, which led to some doctors to be restricted to be cared for during medical emergencies in connection with medical emergencies.

The United States has one of the highest maternity rate among wealthy nations. Earlier studies have resulted in broad racist differences in such deaths, with black women died far higher than white women.

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Originally published: April 30, 2025 at 10:47 a.m. PDT

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