articleObstetrics and GynecologyDec 8, 2014Closed access

Pregnancy-Related Mortality in the United States, 2006–2010

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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Abstract

Objective

To update national population-level pregnancy-related mortality estimates and examine characteristics and causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States during 2006-2010.

Methods

We used data from the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System and calculated pregnancy-related mortality ratios by year and age group for four race-ethnicity groups: non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, and other. We examined causes of pregnancy-related deaths by pregnancy outcome during 2006-2010 and compared causes of pregnancy-related deaths since 1987.

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