In 2022, non-Hispanic Black women had the highest rates of maternal mortality among select races/ethnicities in the United States with 49.5 deaths per 100,000 live births. The total maternal mortality rate in the U.S. at that time was 22.3 per 100,000 live births, a decrease from a rate of almost 33 in 2021.
This statistic presents the maternal mortality rates in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by race and ethnicity.
Maternal mortality rates in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by race/ethnicity
(per 100,000 live births)
Maternal mortality rates are number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as, “the 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."
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NCHS (National Vital Statistics System), & CDC. (May 2, 2024). Maternal mortality rates in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by race/ethnicity (per 100,000 live births) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240107/us-maternal-mortality-rates-by-ethnicity/
NCHS (National Vital Statistics System), und CDC. "Maternal mortality rates in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by race/ethnicity (per 100,000 live births)." Chart. May 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240107/us-maternal-mortality-rates-by-ethnicity/
NCHS (National Vital Statistics System), CDC. (2024). Maternal mortality rates in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by race/ethnicity (per 100,000 live births). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240107/us-maternal-mortality-rates-by-ethnicity/
NCHS (National Vital Statistics System), and CDC. "Maternal Mortality Rates in The United States from 2018 to 2022, by Race/Ethnicity (per 100,000 Live Births)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240107/us-maternal-mortality-rates-by-ethnicity/
NCHS (National Vital Statistics System) & CDC, Maternal mortality rates in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by race/ethnicity (per 100,000 live births) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240107/us-maternal-mortality-rates-by-ethnicity/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Maternal mortality rates in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by race/ethnicity (per 100,000 live births) [Graph], NCHS (National Vital Statistics System), & CDC, May 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1240107/us-maternal-mortality-rates-by-ethnicity/
