Pregnancy-related deaths have spiked nearly 80% since 2018, according to a new government report.
Mental health issues likely contributed to the increase in pregnancy-related deaths, Tabb Dina said. Many women who experience depression and anxiety during or after their pregnancy struggle to get the care they need.The biggest spike in deaths came during July through December of last year, as the COVID-19 delta variant infected millions, noted Carolyn Yocom, a director at the Government Accountability Office.
The maternal death rate is particularly stark for Black women, who have long faced worse maternal outcomes than their peers. Death rates among Hispanics had been on the decline, but they swelled again during the pandemic from 12.6 per 100,000 in 2019 to 27.5 last year. Long before COVID-19 began spreading, the stage was set for Black, low-income and rural women to receive subpar pregnancy care —putting them at further risk for their pregnancies to go wrong, according to a separate GAO report., low-income and majority Black communities, that report said.
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