Maternal deaths across the US have more than doubled over the course of two decades, with the most deaths occurring among Black women, researchers said on Monday.
The findings were laid out in a new study published on Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (Jama). Researchers looked at maternal deaths between 1999 and 2019 – but not the pandemic spike – for every state and five racial and ethnic groups.
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