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US Maternal Deaths Stay Stubbornly High, With Stark Racial Gaps
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Summary
- New CDC data (released March 2026) show 649 US maternal deaths in 2024 — a rate of 17.9 per 100,000 live births, not significantly different from 18.6 in 2023.
- Black women died at 44.8 per 100,000 — about three times the rate for White women (14.2) — and women 40 and older died at five times the rate of those under 25.
- A Johns Hopkins study found higher maternal death rates in states with abortion bans.
The question
The US maternal mortality crisis reflects deep, unaddressed racial inequities.
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