'Overall, for me it's going to be education-making people aware that pregnancy is serious. The rewards are great, but the complications and the risk factors are as great,' Dr. Marshall said.
, 20.4% of Harris County residents and 14.7% of Montgomery County residents were uninsured in 2020 compared to 17.3% statewide and 8.7% nationwide. In comparison, 13.6% of Lake Houston-area residents were uninsured.
A single woman making less than $26,916 a year--a threshold nearly 30% of one-person households in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area falls below--could qualify for Medicaid to cover prenatal visits, labor and delivery, and checkups up to two months after giving birth.
The longer women wait to conceive, the more risks they can face in pregnancy and childbirth. The NCHS reported mothers age 40 and older faced a maternal mortality rate of 107.9 per 100,000 births in 2020. Women ages 25-39 died at a rate of 22.8 per 100,000 births.
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