Black Maternal Mortality Rises
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Racial gap widens in maternal mortality around time of childbirth

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In 2021 and 2022 , the maternal death rate for Black women was about 2.6 times higher than white women.
The data suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic, at its peak, impacted all pregnant women.
But “once we went back to usual activities,’ then the impact of systemic racism and unequal access came right back into place, an expert says.
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