This category only exists for causes of death, and is replaced by Associated maternal for AC. AC and complications of pregnancy are coded here in the secondary or third position. 9 Associated ...
Maternal mortality in the U.S. is several times higher ... face three to four times the risk of dying of pregnancy-related causes than their white counterparts, irrespective of their income ...
Maternal sepsis — a condition many are unaware of — is the country’s second leading cause of maternal mortality. Between 2014 and 2017 infection or sepsis caused 14.3% of pregnancy-related ...