Perinatal mortality rates by race/ethnicity of mother U.S. 2020-2021

In 2020 and 2021, the perinatal mortality rate in the United States was around two times higher for non-Hispanic Black women compared to non-Hispanic white and Hispanic women. This graph shows the perinatal mortality rates in 2020 and 2021 in the United States, by race/ethnicity of the mother.

Perinatal mortality rates in the United States in 2020 and 2021, by race/ethnicity of mother (per 1,000 live births)

Characteristic	2020	2021
Non-Hispanic Black	9.94	9.45
Non Hispanic White	4.67	4.67
Hispanic	5.06	4.92

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Release date

December 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2020 and 2021

Supplementary notes

Perinatal mortality rate is the number of fetal deaths at 28 completed weeks of gestation or more and infant deaths younger than age 7 days per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths at 28 completed weeks of gestation or more in a specified race and Hispanic-origin group.

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