Goal 1: Improve maternal health outcomes through improved maternal care before, during and after pregnancy. and 3 more... less...
Goal 2: Advance birth equity, with a focus on Black Maternal and Infant Health, by ensuring a healthy care continuum across pregnancy, birth, and postpartum periods with enhanced linkages to care
Goal 2: Perinatal Health
Ensuring World-Class Health Systems for All Marylanders
Maternal Mortality Rate
Current Value
21.3
Definition
This measure shows the rate of maternal deaths in Maryland per 100,000 live births.
Story Behind the Curve
Data Definition and Methodology: This measure shows the rate of maternal deaths in Maryland per 100,000 live births.
Data for this measure comes from the Maryland Department of Health Vital Statistics Administration. A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) International Classification of Diseases Ninth and Tenth Revisions (ICD-9 and ICD-10) as, “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes.” The ICD-10 codes used to identify maternal deaths are A34, O00-O95, and O98-O99.
Public Health Significance: Women in the United States are more likely to die from childbirth or problems related to pregnancy than women in other high-income countries. Most pregnancy related deaths are preventable.
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