New research complicates the U.S. maternal mortality story. Pregnancy-related death rates rose steeply among less-educated White women—but declined for more-educated Black women. Yet Black women still die at more than twice the rate of White women overall.📄
Reported increases in US maternal mortality rates and entrenched Black/White rate inequity are alarming. We analyze rigorously collected US Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System data to describe…
