Citation

Howard JT, Sparks CS, Santos-Lozada AR, Olowolaju SA, Janak JC, Howard KJ. J. Am. Med. Assoc. JAMA 2021; 326(16): 1631-1633.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jama.2021.13971

PMID

34698794

PMCID

PMC8548946

Abstract

This study uses National Center for Health Statistics data to assess mortality rates and their annual percentage changes for pregnancy-related and other causes among pregnant and recently pregnant women from 2015 to 2019, compared with cause-specific mortality rates in the total US female population of childbearing age.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; United States; Child; Adult; Female; Middle Aged; Population Surveillance; Homicide; Adolescent; Cause of Death; Suicide; Young Adult; Age Distribution; Accidents, Traffic; Substance-Related Disorders; Pregnancy; Time Factors; Maternal Mortality; Pregnant Women; Pregnancy Complications