Trends in Mortality Among Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Women in the US, 2015-2019

Jeffrey T Howard; Corey S Sparks; Alexis R Santos-Lozada; Samson A Olowolaju; Jud C Janak; Krista J Howard

doi:10.1001/jama.2021.13971

Trends in Mortality Among Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Women in the US, 2015-2019

JAMA. 2021 Oct 26;326(16):1631-1633. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.13971.

Authors

Jeffrey T Howard¹, Corey S Sparks², Alexis R Santos-Lozada³, Samson A Olowolaju², Jud C Janak⁴, Krista J Howard⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, University of Texas at San Antonio.
² Department of Demography, University of Texas at San Antonio.
³ Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, State College.
⁴ Bexar Data LLC, San Antonio, Texas.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos.

Abstract

This study uses National Center for Health Statistics data to assess mortality rates and their annual percentage changes for pregnancy-related and other causes among pregnant and recently pregnant women from 2015 to 2019, compared with cause-specific mortality rates in the total US female population of childbearing age.

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic / mortality
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Cause of Death
Child
Female
Homicide / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Maternal Mortality / trends*
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / mortality*
Pregnant Women*
Substance-Related Disorders / mortality
Suicide / statistics & numerical data
Time Factors
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult