ArticleWomen's health (London, England)
Pregnancy-related maternal mortality in the state of Georgia: Timing and causes of death.
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- "There are only so many fires you can put out": nonprofit structural constraints on service delivery for pregnant and postpartum women who use drugs in Appalachian North Georgia.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Confronting the Crisis: Actions to Address Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among Black Women in Rural Georgia.Preventing chronic disease · 2025Article
- Using spatial Bayesian models to estimate associations between structural racial discrimination and disparities in severe maternal morbidity.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe maternal mortality rate in the United States is high and disparities among non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black women remain. In the State of Georgia, the pregnancy-related death rate is among the worst in the nation.
objectiveTo examine current pregnancy-related deaths in the State of Georgia using measures of timing and cause-specific mortality across maternal sociodemographic characteristics.
designThis cross-sectional study of pregnancy-related deaths in Georgia was based on 2016-2019 maternal mortality data obtained from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
methodsOur study analysis involved complete-case data of maternal deaths identified as pregnancy-related deaths (
resultsAmong a total of 129 pregnancy-related deaths, 30 (23.3%) deaths occurred during pregnancy and 63 (48.8%) deaths occurred within the first 60 days postpartum. Pregnancy-related deaths were disproportionally common among non-Hispanic Black, 25 to 34 years old, and poorly educated women. Three leading underlying causes, cardiomyopathy (22.7%), hemorrhage (21.6%), and cardiovascular or coronary disease (20.4%), accounted for about 65% of all pregnancy-related deaths. Mental health conditions were common causes of death among non-Hispanic White women during pregnancy and in late postpartum.
conclusionContinued monitoring, collecting and analyzing reliable data will help identify root causes and find ways to eliminate the disproportionate burden of pregnancy-related deaths in the State of Georgia.
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