Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. from 2018 to 2022, by race/ethnicity
In 2022, non-Hispanic Black women had the highest rates of maternal mortality among select races/ethnicities in the United States with 49.5 deaths per 100,000 live births. The total maternal mortality rate in the U.S. at that time was 22.3 per 100,000 live births, a decrease from a rate of almost 33 in 2021.
This statistic presents the maternal mortality rates in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by race and ethnicity.