An Arkansas Maternal Mortality Review Committee report found that 94% of pregnancy-related deaths in the state were preventable.
The report, published in December but released to the public April 10, collected data on deaths during or within one year post pregnancy from multiple surveillance, data collection and multidisciplinary reviews between 2018 and 2022. Researchers identified 170 pregnancy-related deaths.
Here are four notes:
1. Pregnancy-associated mortality had a ratio of 94.5 deaths per 100,000 live births.
2. The leading cause of deaths were infections, cardiomyopathy, other cardiovascular conditions, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, hemorrhage and mental health conditions.
3. Black women were 1.2 times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause, and women older than 35 had the highest mortality ratio, at 4.9 times higher than women younger than 25.
4. Most deaths occurred between 43 and 365 days postpartum at 34.8%, with 20.3% of deaths occurring between seven and 42 days postpartum, 18.8% of deaths occurring during pregnancy, 14.5% of deaths occurring between one and six days postpartum and 11.6% of deaths occurring the day of delivery.
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