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Maternal death rate among black women 2.5 times higher than white women, new report finds

Black women in the United States die during pregnancy or in the months after giving birth 2 1/2 times more often than white women and...

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Maternal Mortality

Maternal mortality is unacceptably high. About 295,000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth in 2017. The vast...

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Huge Racial Disparities Found in Deaths Linked to Pregnancy

African-American, Native American and Alaska Native women are about three times more likely to die from causes related to pregnancy,...