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. 2014 Jan;23(1):3-9.
doi: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4617.

Maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States: where are we now?

Andreea A Creanga  1 , Cynthia J Berg, Jean Y Ko, Sherry L Farr, Van T Tong, F Carol Bruce, William M Callaghan
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Maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States: where are we now?

Andreea A Creanga et al. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Jan.

Abstract

This article provides a brief overview of the work conducted by the Division of Reproductive Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on severe maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. The article presents the latest data and trends in maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, as well as on maternal substance abuse and mental health disorders during pregnancy, two relatively recent topics of interest in the Division, and includes future directions of work in all these areas.

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<b>FIG. 1.</b>
FIG. 1.
Trends in pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1987–2009. *Number of pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births per year; test for trend p<0.001. Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
<b>FIG. 2.</b>
FIG. 2.
Race differentials in pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1987–2009. *Number of pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births per year.
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FIG. 3.
Causes of pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1987–2009. *Data from Berg et al., 1996. **Data from Berg et al., 2003; ***Data from Berg et al., 2010; **** Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
<b>FIG. 4.</b>
FIG. 4.
Trends in severe maternal morbidity during delivery hospitalizations in the United States, 1998–2011. *The number of delivery hospitalizations with at least one severe maternal morbidity indicator per 10,000 delivery hospitalizations. Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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