Black mothers in Iowa are six times more likely to die as a result of childbirth than white mothers. On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe and her guests explore the reasons for that statistic and the work being done to change that reality.
In 2020, the maternal mortality rate for pregnant non-Hispanic Black people was three times the rate for white individuals. And in Iowa those numbers are even starker: Black people in Iowa are six times more likely to die during or shortly after childbirth than white individuals.