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

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

Jeffrey T Howard  1 , Corey S Sparks  2 , Alexis R Santos-Lozada  3 , Samson A Olowolaju  2 , Jud C Janak  4 , Krista J Howard  5
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Trends in Mortality Among Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Women in the US, 2015-2019

Jeffrey T Howard et al. JAMA. .

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.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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