A 2023 report conducted by the Mississippi Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), examined the state’s maternal mortality data from 2016-20.
Mississippi’s pregnancy-related mortality rate saw a major uptick from 2016 at 26.4 deaths per 100,000 live births to 42.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2020.
During that time span, 80% of pregnancy-related deaths were deemed preventable, and about 92% had some level of opportunity to alter the final outcome.
Dr. Rachael Morris, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, said the findings within the report were alarming. (Clarion Ledger 12/22/23) Mississippi maternal mortality state health department (clarionledger.com)
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