Causes contributing to the excess maternal mortality risk for women 35 and over, United States, 2016-2017.

To better understand age-related disparities in US maternal mortality, we analyzed 2016-2017 vital statistics mortality data with cause-of-death literal text (actual words written on the death certificate) added. We created a subset of confirmed maternal deaths which had pregnancy mentions in the ca...

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Main Authors: Marian F MacDorman, Marie Thoma, Eugene Declercq, Elizabeth A Howell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253920

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