Overall 38.2% increase in Maternal Mortality from 2020 to 2021

20/08/2023 / COVID-19, Health / maternal death, maternal mortality

This is stunning. #DonnaLHoyert why no discussion of causes? Overall 38.2% increase in Maternal Mortality from 2020 to 2021, with 26.4% in Non-Hispanic Blacks, 39.3% in Non-Hispanic White and 53.8% in Hispanic. Likely this is multifactorial but what has changed from 2020 to 2021?… pic.twitter.com/QrGtdfrNWY
— James Thorp MD (@jathorpmfm) August 19, 2023