Maternal Deaths in US Drop in 2024
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Maternal deaths in the U.S. decline in 2024, but racial and age disparities persist. Preliminary data for 2025 shows further improvement, though experts caution that these early numbers can shift. The drop comes after a sharp rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the virus hit pregnant women hard. Black womens maternal death rate remains more than three times higher than for white or Hispanic women, and women age forty and older face over three times the risk compared to younger mothers. Despite progress, the rates are only back to pre-pandemic levels from about six years ago, and the U.S. still lags behind other wealthy nations.
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