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. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2219133.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.19133.

All-Cause Maternal Mortality in the US Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Marie E Thoma  1 , Eugene R Declercq  2
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All-Cause Maternal Mortality in the US Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Marie E Thoma et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study analyzes the factors associated with deaths during and after pregnancy among Black, Hispanic, and White women.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Figures

Figure.
Figure.. US Maternal Mortality Rates (95% CI) Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Race and Ethnicity
All rates met standards of reliability (numerator >16 deaths), which corresponded to SEs that were below 25% of the rate under the assumption of a Poisson distribution. P values were based on z test of proportions comparing the period during the pandemic (April-December 2020) with the period before the pandemic (2018, 2019, and January-March 2020).
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