The U.S. maternal mortality rate declined in 2023, but Black women continued to experience deaths at nearly 3.5 times the rate of white women. While the COVID-19 pandemic initially impacted all pregnant women, disparities in access to medical care have returned to pre-pandemic levels, contributing to the continued high rate of maternal deaths among Black women.
NEW YORK — Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal mortality fell belowIn 2021 and 2022, the maternal death rate for Black women was about 2.6 times higher than white women.
— The rate for Black women went from 49.5 to a little above 50, though the report says that increase was not statistically significant.— The rate for Asian Americans fell from about 13 to about 11. COVID-19’s overall impact on pregnancies declined as the pandemic subsided and as hospitals and birthing centers returned to normal operations.
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