Maternal death rates have consistently been the highest among Black women, and those high rates more than doubled over the last 20 years. For Native American and Alaska Native people, the rates have tripled.
And while the study found mortality rates remain “unacceptably high among all racial and ethnic groups across the U.S.,” the worst outcomes were among Black women, Native American and Alaska Native people., an obstetrician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, says maternal death rates in the U.S. just keep getting worse.
Places like New York and New Jersey saw an increase in deaths among Black and Latina mothers. Wyoming and Montana saw more Asian mothers die. And while maternal mortality is lower for white women, it is also increasing in some parts of the country. These other wealthy countries, with lower death rates for new mothers, approach the problem differently, says, chief medical and health officer at the maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes. “They wrap services around new mothers. They give them [support for] everything from mental health, cardiovascular, diabetic, pelvic health. These things are just considered standard,” but are not universally offered to individuals postpartum in the U.S.
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