Maternal deaths see significant decline in US
The U.S. maternal mortality rate for 2022 decreased to 22.3 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with a rate of 32.9 in 2021, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental cause.
The report updates a prior one that showed maternal mortality rates for 2018-21.
In 2022, 817 women died of maternal causes in the United States, compared with 1,205 in 2021, 861 in 2020, 754 in 2019 and 658 in 2018.
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