Pregnancy-related deaths : saving women’s lives before, during and after delivery

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Pregnancy-related deaths : saving women’s lives before, during and after delivery

Published Date:

May 7, 2019

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http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6818e1 New Site Icon

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CDC Vital signs ; MAY 2019

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English

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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Reproductive Health.

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Every pregnancy-related death is tragic, especially because about 60% are preventable. Still, about 700 women die each year from complications

of pregnancy. A pregnancy-related death can happen during pregnancy, at delivery, and even up to a year afterward (postpartum).

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Vital Signs: Pregnancy-related deaths, United States, 2011–2015, and strategies for prevention, 13 states, 2013–2017

Personal Author:

Petersen, Emily E.; Davis, Nicole L.; Goodman, David A; Cox, Shanna; Mayes, Nikki; Johnston, Emily O.; Syverson, Carla; Seed, Kristi; Shapiro-Mendoza, Carrie K.; Callaghan, William M; Barfield, Wanda D.;

Corporate Author:

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Reproductive Health.

Published:

May 7, 2019

Series:

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. 68, early release, May 7, 2019
CDC Vital signs ; MAY 2019

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Background: Approximately 700 women die from pregnancy-related complications in the United States every year. : Methods: Data from CDC’s national Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS) for 2011–2015 were analyzed. Pregnancy-related mortal...

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