maternal mortality in the U.S. hit a six-decade high in 2018, but has since decreased, thanks largely to

Key Highlights :

1. Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade high during the pandemic.

2. The maternal mortality rate is higher in the U.S. than any other developed nation, and the 2021 maternal mortality rate for Black women was nearly three times higher than it was for white women.

3. Determining the cause of the racial disparity poses "essentially one of the biggest challenges of public health," the head of a Harvard task force studying the issue told CBS News' "Face the Nation" last summer.

The number of pregnant women who died in the U.S. in 2022 was significantly lower than during the pandemic. This may be due to better health care and better vaccination rates.

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