Health policy expert posting about abortion, contraception, & the Washington Wizards. Would fall on my sword to protect #Medicaid. Opinions = my own. She/her.
Feb 21, 2020 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
Finally taking a deep dive into the new @CDCgov National Vital Statistics Report on #maternalmortality in the US. This report represents the first national sample of maternal deaths gathered from a pregnancy status checkbox on death certificates. Thread.
@CDCgov According to the report, 658 women experienced maternal death in 2018, for a pregnancy-related mortality rate of 17.4 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. This is an incomplete picture - and a gross underestimate - of the maternal mortality crisis in our country.
