Maternal Mortality Linked to Death, Hospitalization in Infants
A mother’s death during or after pregnancy increases the risk for the infant’s death or hospitalization, according to a recent study.
Researchers, led by Eugene Declercq, Ph.D., from Boston University in Massachusetts, conducted a retrospective cohort study to examine the association between pregnancy-associated death or severe maternal morbidity and infant outcomes.
- The analysis included data from more than 1.6 million live births in Massachusetts between 1999 and 2020.
- The researchers identified 474 pregnancy-associated deaths, which were most common among individuals who were:
- aged 40 years and older (49.3 per 100,000)
- non-Hispanic Black (43.0 per 100,000)
- had public insurance (51.1 per 100,000)
- had a parity of four or more (80.6 per 100,000)
Author's summary: Maternal mortality increases infant death risk.
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