maternal deaths

Data from an annual report outlines an increase in Oklahoma's maternal deaths from 31 per 100,000 live births during the 2019-2021 reporting period to 31.9 per 100,000 from 2020-2022.

Homicide is a leading cause of maternal mortality, and experts say the problem is getting worse.

Black maternal mortality in Kansas now exceeds neighboring states, new research finds, and the state saw one of the greatest increases in mortality for Indigenous mothers.

The Texas Department of State Health Services and Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee's report is finally out after months of delays.

An effort to make hospitals safer for women giving birth in Texas has been underway for more than a year now. Doctors and hospital administrators say...

In Colorado, maternal mortality rates are low at around 35 women per year, but experts have trouble comparing data nationwide. A new law requires the state to review and collect data on deaths of mothers.

In recent years, the maternal death rate in the state of Texas has skyrocketed. Now, investigators have determined that the high rate of maternal deaths…

State researchers say a majority of maternal deaths reported in Texas in 2012 were coded incorrectly. According to a study published Monday in the...

Some of the state’s leading physicians vetted ideas this weekend to reduce the deaths of women while pregnant or shortly after giving birth.

Part 1 of a three-part series. An alarming number of women die while pregnant or shortly after giving birth in Texas. According to national researchers...