Pregnancy-related death rates by county, race, and ethnicity in the US, 2000–2019
Pregnancy-related death rates continued to rise in the US through 2019 and disparities by race and/or ethnicity and geography remain stark. Clinical and public health interventions are urgently needed to address disparities and decrease maternal mortality.
Authors
- Christopher Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2574-8149)
- Rachel A. Zajdel
- Laura Dwyer‐Lindgren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-6451)
- George A. Mensah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0387-5326)
- Zhuochen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-110X)
- Mathew M Baumann
- Elíseo J. Pérez-Stable
- Erik J. Rodriquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7456-4218)
- Kelly Compton
- Dillon O Sylte
- Yekaterina O. Kelly
- Paula D. Strassle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-1560)
- Ali H. Mokdad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4994-3339)
- Parkes Kendrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8703-4865)
- M. Ashworth Dirac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2233-2965)
- Gina S. Wei
- Laverne G Mensah
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (US)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (US)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (US)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-025-01688-z
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health