{"id":3477,"date":"2022-03-23T04:06:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T04:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnewscentral.com\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2022-03-23T04:06:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T04:06:51","slug":"maternal-death-rate-in-the-united-states-has-risen-in-2020-experts-see-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnewscentral.com\/maternal-death-rate-in-the-united-states-has-risen-in-2020-experts-see-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternal Death Rate In The United States Has Risen In 2020, Experts See Why"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When researchers looked into the maternal death rate, they found that women of African-American origin had the highest mortality rate. There were 55.3 deaths for every 100,000 live births. This meant that there was an uptake of 26 percent when compared to the statistics from the previous year.<\/p>\n

The number of U.S. maternal deaths in 2020 took a leap up from 14 percent in 2019. The numbers went from 754 to 861, which is considered concerning. The numbers have been reported by National Center for Health Statistics <\/a>(NCHS).<\/p>\n

While they didn\u2019t look into the reason behind the rise, many experts believe that\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0and interruptions in care because of the stay-at-home orders during the pandemic may be the culprit behind the issue as well. \u201cYes, the pandemic likely contributed to the increase from 2019 to 2020 and beyond that,\u201d Donna Hoyert, PhD, said. She is a health scientist in the NCHS\u2019s Division of Vital Statistics and the author of the report. She shared her findings in interview done with ABC news.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the pandemic plays out, we want to see how it affects overall mortality rates and our trend of comparable data over time,\u201d she added. Other studies have also been released and they all documented the continuing mortality from COVID-19 and excess mortality that is linked to the pandemic. Dr. Hoyert supplemented to the studies already made.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0study that was published in July 2021 made use of details from insurance data<\/a>\u00a0to look at 489,471 hospital deliveries between the months of March and September 2020. They saw that women who were stricken with COVID-19 were at greater risk of several conditions, that of which included mortality.<\/p>\n

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2 Out of 3 Maternal Deaths Can be Prevented<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A maternal death was defined by the\u00a0World Health Organization<\/a>\u00a0as \u201cthe death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the United States, a maternal death is linked to issues that are related to pregnancy or how it is managed. Details from deaths from accidental or incidental causes are excluded here. Studies show that around two-thirds of pregnancy-related deaths that have happened in the US have actually been preventable. This is according to findings made by the\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC).<\/p>\n

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Maternal Death Rates Were Seen to be Significantly Higher for Black and Hispanic Women<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It must be noted that there was an increase in maternity mortality in 2020 for women of all ages and all walks of life, but in terms of race, the overall rise was largely seen in black and Hispanic women. Here are some of the facts observed:<\/p>\n