Credit: Merck for Mothers
The likelihood that a woman can die during childbirth is still alarmingly high in the United States.
The maternity mortality rate in the U.S. is the highest among developed countries, and Black women are 2.5 times more likely to die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Despite research that s found that 60 percent of all maternal deaths are preventable, a total of 658 women died of maternal causes in 2018. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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