'Staggering' and 'sobering': More than 80% of US maternaldeaths are preventable, CDC study shows
More than 80%, or roughly 4 in 5 maternal deaths in a two-year period, were due to preventable causes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found., which disproportionately occur among women of color including Black and Indigenous, are based on figures from maternal mortality review committees. These are multidisciplinary groups based in 36 states that investigate circumstances around maternal deaths.
Dr. Allison Bryant, a high-risk obstetrician, is the senior medical director for health equity at Massachusetts General Hospital. More than 90% of Indigenous mothers' deaths were preventable, with most due to mental health conditions and hemorrhage, according to the analysis. "No pregnant person should be passing away from a hemorrhage. We have the tools in the United States and we know how to deal with it. That was really disheartening to see," she said.
Charletta Ayers, an obstetrician and gynecologist and director of the Division of OB-GYN at Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, called the figures"sobering."
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