Number of maternal deaths in the U.S. from 2018 to 2021, by age

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John Elflein,
Apr 14, 2023
In 2021, an estimated 1,205 women died due to maternal causes in the United States. This was an increase from 861 reported cases of maternal deaths in 2020. This statistic presents the number of maternal deaths in the United States from 2018 to 2021, by age group.

Number of maternal deaths in the United States from 2018 to 2021, by age

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Release date

March 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

2018 to 2021

Supplementary notes

A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as, “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes."

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