Assessing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Timing of Pregnancy Related Deaths.
Maternal mortality
Nativity
Racial/ethnic disparities
Journal
Maternal and child health journal
ISSN: 1573-6628
Titre abrégé: Matern Child Health J
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9715672
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Jun 2024
12 Jun 2024
Historique:
accepted:
19
05
2024
medline:
12
6
2024
pubmed:
12
6
2024
entrez:
12
6
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Existing research documents significant racial disparities in pregnancy-related deaths in the United States. Recently, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) identified inconsistencies in maternal mortality data due to irregularities in previous data collection. Yet, corrections of the data still highlight stark differences across racial identity. Additionally, data indicates that while many people die during labor and delivery, a considerable percentage of people die up to a year postpartum. To assess disparities in the timing of pregnancy-related deaths using corrected data, we analyzed aggregated vital statistics data from 2015 to 2018 (n = 4,261). We present relative risk ratios from multinomial logistic regressions to examine the association between race and ethnicity and the timing of pregnancy-related deaths (pregnant at the time of death, 42 days post pregnancy, and 43 days to one-year post pregnancy). Results highlight significant differences in the distribution of timing of pregnancy-related deaths across nativity status and geographic region. Findings document a disproportionate percentage of pregnancy-related deaths among foreign-born people who give birth. Overall, results suggest extending our framing of postpartum care beyond a hospital stay.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38864990
doi: 10.1007/s10995-024-03944-0
pii: 10.1007/s10995-024-03944-0
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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