08/22/2023
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 50,000 women in the United States (U.S.) suffer from pregnancy complications annually, but that Black women are at least three times more likely to die due to a pregnancy-related cause when compared to White women [1,2]. The estimated maternal mortality rate in 2019 was 20.1 and, in 2020, was 23.8 per 100,000 births which represents about 861 maternal deaths. For Black women, that rate is about 55.3 per 100,000 live births, representing an estimated 1800 maternal deaths, the highest amongst any racial group; this is a number that has continued to increase over the past few years.”(Njoku, et al., 2023)
Njoku, A., Evans, M., Nimo-Sefah, L., & Bailey, J. (2023, February). Listen to the whispers before they become screams: addressing black maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. In Healthcare (Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 438). MDPI.
