Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2022

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• Personal Author:
  Hoyert, Donna L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  This report presents maternal mortality rates for 2022 based on data from the National Vital Statistics System. A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes”. Maternal mortality rates— the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births—are shown in this report by age group and race and Hispanic origin. This report updates a previous one that showed maternal mortality rates for 2018–2021. In 2022, 817 women died of maternal causes in the United States, compared with 1,205 in 2021, 861 in 2020, 754 in 2019, and 658 in 2018. The maternal mortality rate for 2022 decreased to 22.3 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with a rate of 32.9 in 2021. In 2022, maternal mortality rates decreased significantly for Black non-Hispanic (subsequently, Black), White non-Hispanic (subsequently, White), and Hispanic women. The observed decrease for Asian non-Hispanic women (subsequently, Asian) was not statistically significant. In 2022, the maternal mortality rate for Black women was 49.5 deaths per 100,000 live births and was significantly higher than rates for White (19.0), Hispanic (16.9), and Asian (13.2) women. Rates decreased significantly for each age group from 2021 to 2022. Rates in 2022 were 14.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for women younger than 25, 21.1 for those ages 25–39, and 87.1 for those age 40 and older. The rate for women age 40 and older was six times higher than the rate for women younger than age 25. Differences in the rates between age groups were statistically significant.
• Subjects:
  Ethnicity Maternal Age Maternal Mortality Mortality Race Factors Vital Statistics
• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  Health E-Stats
• DOI:
  https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/152992
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Division:
  DVS - Division of Vital Statistics
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Citation:
  Hoyert DL. Maternal mortality rates in the United States, 2022. NCHS Health E-Stats. 2024. https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/152992
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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