For example, the rate for Black women between ages 30 to 34 widens to over four times higher than the rate for White women (48.6 vs. 8, 9įigure 1: Pregnancy-Related Death Rate by Race/Ethnicity, 2007-2016ĭisparities in pregnancy-related deaths for Black and AIAN women increase by maternal age and persist across education levels. 7 Further, other research also shows that Black and Hispanic women are at significantly higher risk for severe maternal morbidity, such as preeclampsia, which is significantly more common than maternal death. These findings may mask underlying differences in subgroups of these populations.
12.7 per 100,000), and the rate for Hispanic women was lower compared to that of White women (11.5 vs. 6 There were small differences in the rate pregnancy-related death between Asian and Pacific Islander and White women (13.5 vs. This disparity persists even in California, where maternal mortality rates are lower than the national average and have been on the decline yet, the rate is more than three times higher among Black women compared to White women. Black and AIAN women have pregnancy-related mortality rates that are over three and two times higher, respectively, compared to the rate for White women (40.8 and 29.7 vs. 4, 5īlack and AIAN women have higher rates of pregnancy-related deaths compared to White women. Due to variations in reporting and data collection, it is possible that the number of pregnancy-related deaths is underestimated, and that the maternal mortality rate is much higher. Approximately one third occur during pregnancy, over half (56%) occur during labor or within the first week postpartum, and another 13% occur between six weeks and one year, 3 underscoring the importance of access to health care beyond the period of pregnancy. 2Pregnancy-related deaths are deaths that occur within one year of pregnancy. each year as a result of pregnancy or its complications. Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health Maternal Mortality RatesĪpproximately 700 women die in the U.S. While this brief focuses on racial/ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health, wide disparities also exist across other dimensions, for example, and there is significant variation in some of these measures across states and disparities within rural communities. It is based on KFF analysis of publicly available data on CDC WONDER and the 2018 American Community Survey. 1 This issue brief provides an overview of racial and ethnic disparities across selected measures of maternal and infant health.
are far higher than those in similarly large and wealthy countries, and people of color are at increased risk for poor maternal and infant health outcomes. Maternal and infant mortality rates in the U.S. Despite continued advancements in medical care, rates of maternal mortality and morbidity and pre-term birth have been rising in the U.S. S - Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.Ī 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Children in single-parent families by race.The COVID-19 pandemic along with the growing racial justice movement have highlighted longstanding disparities in health and health care for people of color, including stark disparities in maternal and infant health. Those in the Hispanic or Latino category include those identified as being in one of the non-White race groups. The categories Black or African American, American Indian, and Asian and Pacific Islander include both Hispanic and non-Hispanic. The category of white includes only non-Hispanic white.
(Such local-area data have traditionally been collected once every ten years in the long form of the decennial census.) Race/ethnic groups represented in this table are not mutually exclusive. The ACS, fully implemented, is designed to provide annually updated social, economic, and housing data for states and communities. The data for this measure come from the 2005 through 2018 American Community Survey (ACS). Census Bureau, Census 2000 Supplementary Survey, 2001 Supplementary Survey, 2002 through 2019 American Community Survey. Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Children who live in group quarters (for example, institutions, dormitories, or group homes) are not included in this calculation. In this definition, single-parent families may include cohabiting couples and do not include children living with married stepparents. Children under age 18 who live with their own single parent either in a family or subfamily.
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