- Health & Pharmaceuticals›
- State of Health›
Distribution of preventability in maternal mortality U.S. 2008 to 2017
Distribution of preventability in maternal mortality U.S. 2008 to 2017
Percentage of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. that were preventable from 2008 to 2017
by John Elflein,
last edited
Feb 26, 2018
This statistic shows the percentage of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. that were preventable from 2008 to 2017. During this time period it was estimated that 63.2 percent of pregnancy-related deaths were preventable.
Percentage of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. that were preventable from 2008 to 2017
Loading statistic...
| Percentage of pregnancy-related deaths | |
|---|---|
| Preventable | 63.2% |
| Not preventable | 33.5% |
| Unable to determine | 3.2% |
| Percentage of pregnancy-related deaths | |
|---|---|
| Preventable | 63.2% |
| Not preventable | 33.5% |
| Unable to determine | 3.2% |
© Statista 2019
About this statistic
Sources: CDC (Review to Action); AMCHP (Review to Action)
Download
Settings
Share
Download started
Please be patient - this may take a moment
Please be patient - this may take a moment
Description
Source
More information
by John Elflein,
last edited
Feb 26, 2018
This statistic shows the percentage of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. that were preventable from 2008 to 2017. During this time period it was estimated that 63.2 percent of pregnancy-related deaths were preventable.
- Sources
- CDC (Review to Action); AMCHP (Review to Action)
- Show further sources information
- As a Premium user you get access to the detailed source references and background information about this statistic.
- Show publisher information
- Release date
- February 2018
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2008 to 2017
Source
- Sources
- CDC (Review to Action); AMCHP (Review to Action)
- Show further sources information
- As a Premium user you get access to the detailed source references and background information about this statistic.
- Show publisher information
- Release date
- February 2018
More information
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2008 to 2017
Other statistics on the topic
Pregnancy
Statista Accounts:
Access All Statistics. Starting from $588 / Year
Basic Account
Get to know the platform
You only have access to basic statistics.
Premium Account
Your perfect start with Statista
- Instant access to 1m statistics
- Download in XLS, PDF & PNG format
- Detailed references
$49 / Month *
Corporate Account
Full access
Corporate solution including all features.
* All products require an annual contract.
Prices do not include sales tax.
Prices do not include sales tax.
Leading companies trust Statista:
Related Studies: Available to Download in PDF or PPTX Format
All Information
in one Presentation
Cesarean sections
- 70 page/s
- English
- pptx
- Detailed references
Everything On "Cesarean sections" in One Document: Edited and Divided into Handy Chapters. Including Detailed References.
Other Reports & Dossiers
I think of Statista as Google for researchers. Statista provides you with the information you search for right away.Dr. Horst Stipp
EVP, Research & Innovation, Advertising Research Foundation
Statistics on "Pregnancy"
- Birth expectations
The most important statistics
- Expectations of U.S. women aged 15–44 years to have a child in the future in periods between 2002 and 2015Women's expectations in the US about having a child in the future 2002-2015
- U.S. women aged 15–44 years who expect to have a child in the future in 2013-2015, by current age and number of biological childrenUS women who expect to have a child in future by age and children number 2013-2015
- Expectations of U.S. women aged 15-44 years about the number of children born during lifetime between 2002 and 2015Children already born, additional, and total births expected by US women 2002-2015
- Birth expectations and expected timing of next child among U.S. women aged 15–44 years in 2013-2015, by marital or cohabiting statusBirth expectations and next child timing in US women 2013-2015 by marital status
- Long-term developments
The most important statistics
- Number of pregnancies in the United States from 1976 to 2010 (in 1,000)*Number of pregnancies in the United States 1976-2010
- Number of pregnancies in the United States from 1976 to 2010, by outcome (in 1,000)Number of pregnancies in the United States by outcome 1976-2010
- Pregnancy rate in the United States from 1976 to 2010 (per 1,000 women)Pregnancy rate in the United States 1976-2010
- Teenage pregnancy
The most important statistics
- Teenage pregnancy rate in the United States from 1988 to 2013 (per 1,000 women)Teenage pregnancy rate in the U.S. 1988-2013
- Teenage pregnancy rate in the United States from 1990 to 2013, by age group (per 1,000 women)*Teenage pregnancy rate in the U.S. by age 1990-2013
- U.S. states with the highest teenage pregnancy rates in 2013 (per 1,000 women)Top U.S. states based on teenage pregnancy rate 2013
- U.S. states with the highest number of teenage pregnancies in 2013Top U.S. states based on number of teenage pregnancies 2013
- Aggregated U.S. federal teen pregnancy prevention program funding for the period 1998-2016, by program (in million U.S. dollars)Federal funding for U.S. teen pregnancy prevention programs aggregated 1998-2016
- Contraception
The most important statistics
- Percentage of women that had used contraception within the past 12 months as of 2017U.S. women that had used contraception within the past 12 months as of 2017
- Percentage of sexually active U.S. women that used contraception for select reasons as of 2017Reasons why U.S. women used contraception in 2017
- Percentage of sexually active women that used select methods of contraception within the past 12 months as of 2017Methods of contraception used by U.S. women as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. women that had heard of or used emergency contraception pills as of 2017, by ageAwareness and use of emergency contraception pills in the U.S. in 2017, by age
- Percentage of employers in the U.S. that covered contraception and fertility services in their insurance policies in 2019U.S. employers that covered contraceptive services under health coverage 2019
- Maternal mortality
The most important statistics
- Proportion of the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017Leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. 2008-2017
- Distribution of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017, by death timing in relation to pregnancyDistribution of maternal mortality in the U.S. 2008-2017, by death timing
- Proportion of pregnancy-associated deaths determined to be pregnancy-related in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017, by age at deathShare of pregnancy-associated deaths due to pregnancy U.S. 2008-2017, by age at death
- Proportion of pregnancy-associated deaths determined to be pregnancy-related in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017, by ethnicityShare of pregnancy-associated deaths due to pregnancy U.S. 2008-2017, by ethnicity
- Percentage of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. that were preventable from 2008 to 2017Distribution of preventability in maternal mortality U.S. 2008 to 2017
- Prepregnancy health
The most important statistics
- Percentage of women with a live birth who were of normal weight prior to pregnancy in the U.S. in 2015, by state*Prepregnancy normal weight among U.S. women with a live birth in 2015, by state
- Percentage of women with a live birth who were overweight or obese prior to pregnancy in the U.S. in 2015, by state*Prepregnancy overweight and obesity U.S. women with a live birth in 2015, by state
- Percentage of U.S. reproductive-aged women with a recent live birth who used multivitamins before becoming pregnant in 2013 and 2014, by age*Prepregnancy multivitamin use among U.S. women with a recent birth 2013-2014, by age
- Percentage of U.S. reproductive-aged women with a recent live birth who used multivitamins prior to becoming pregnant in 2013 and 2014, by ethnicity*Prepregnancy multivitamin use among U.S. women with a recent birth 2013-2014, by race
- Smoking and alcohol
The most important statistics
- Prevalence of maternal smoking at any time during pregnancy in the United States in 2016, by ageMaternal smoking at any time during pregnancy in U.S. 2016, by age
- Percentage of pregnant women in the U.S. who smoked cigarettes at any time during pregnancy in 2016, by ethnicityShare of women who smoked during pregnancy in the U.S. 2016, by ethnicity
- Prevalence of maternal smoking at any time during pregnancy in the United States in 2016, by educational attainmentMaternal smoking at any time during pregnancy in U.S. 2016, by education level
- Prevalence of maternal smoking at any time during pregnancy in the United States in 2016, by stateMaternal smoking at any time during pregnancy in U.S. 2016, by state
- States with the highest percentage of pregnant women who consumed alcohol in the last three months of pregnancy in the U.S. as of 2018*U.S. states with the highest percentage of women who drank while pregnant 2018
Discover Statista
Need help with using Statista for your research?
Tutorials and first steps
Further Content: Statistics, Studies, and Topic Pages
Statistics
- Distribution of preventability in maternal mortality U.S. 2008 to 2017, by cause
- Distribution of contributing factors to maternal mortality U.S. 2008 to 2017
- Leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. 2008-2017, by ethnicity
- Death rate for pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium in Canada 2000-2017
- Latin America: unplanned pregnancy consequences 2017
- Number of abortions under 20 year old women Japan 2016, by age
- Argentina: maternal mortality rate in 2017, by death cause
- Deaths from complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Spain 2005-2015
- Number of pregnancies in the U.S. by age and outcome 2009
- Teenage abortion rate South Korea 2007-2016
- Causes of preventable hearing loss in children worldwide as of 2016
- Number of pregnancies in developing regions that were unintended 2017, by region
- Number of pregnancies in the U.S. by age 2009
- Share of all pregnancies in developing regions that were unintended 2017, by region
- Pregnancy rates in the U.S. by age 1990-2009
- Fraud detection and prevention market size worldwide 2016-2022
- Opinions on key roles in preventing food waste in the European Union 2015
- Legitimate organizations to prohibit minors from gambling in France 2017
- British Columbia consumers who think addictions are preventable 2016, by age
- Canada's capital expenditure on surface water pollution prevention 2006-2012
Studies
- Pregnancy in the United Kingdom
- Pregnancy
- Report From Nine Maternal Mortality Review Committees
- Death in Canada
- Births in the United Kingdom (UK)
- Cancer worldwide
- Conception rates in the United Kingdom
- American Cancer Society - Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Facts & Figures 2019-2020
- Death in Italy
- Cancer in Sweden
- Cancer in Italy
- Deaths: Final Data for 2017
- Report from Maternal Mortality Review Committees: A View into their Critical Role 2017
- Women's health in the U.S.
- Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, 2017
Statistics on "Pregnancy"
- Expectations of U.S. women aged 15–44 years to have a child in the future in periods between 2002 and 2015
- U.S. women aged 15–44 years who expect to have a child in the future in 2013-2015, by current age and number of biological children
- Expectations of U.S. women aged 15-44 years about the number of children born during lifetime between 2002 and 2015
- Birth expectations and expected timing of next child among U.S. women aged 15–44 years in 2013-2015, by marital or cohabiting status
- Number of pregnancies in the United States from 1976 to 2010 (in 1,000)*
- Number of pregnancies in the United States from 1976 to 2010, by outcome (in 1,000)
- Pregnancy rate in the United States from 1976 to 2010 (per 1,000 women)
- Teenage pregnancy rate in the United States from 1988 to 2013 (per 1,000 women)
- Teenage pregnancy rate in the United States from 1990 to 2013, by age group (per 1,000 women)*
- U.S. states with the highest teenage pregnancy rates in 2013 (per 1,000 women)
- U.S. states with the highest number of teenage pregnancies in 2013
- Aggregated U.S. federal teen pregnancy prevention program funding for the period 1998-2016, by program (in million U.S. dollars)
- Percentage of women that had used contraception within the past 12 months as of 2017
- Percentage of sexually active U.S. women that used contraception for select reasons as of 2017
- Percentage of sexually active women that used select methods of contraception within the past 12 months as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. women that had heard of or used emergency contraception pills as of 2017, by age
- Percentage of employers in the U.S. that covered contraception and fertility services in their insurance policies in 2019
- Proportion of the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017
- Distribution of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017, by death timing in relation to pregnancy
- Proportion of pregnancy-associated deaths determined to be pregnancy-related in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017, by age at death
- Proportion of pregnancy-associated deaths determined to be pregnancy-related in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017, by ethnicity
- Percentage of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. that were preventable from 2008 to 2017
- Percentage of women with a live birth who were of normal weight prior to pregnancy in the U.S. in 2015, by state*
- Percentage of women with a live birth who were overweight or obese prior to pregnancy in the U.S. in 2015, by state*
- Percentage of U.S. reproductive-aged women with a recent live birth who used multivitamins before becoming pregnant in 2013 and 2014, by age*
- Percentage of U.S. reproductive-aged women with a recent live birth who used multivitamins prior to becoming pregnant in 2013 and 2014, by ethnicity*
- Prevalence of maternal smoking at any time during pregnancy in the United States in 2016, by age
- Percentage of pregnant women in the U.S. who smoked cigarettes at any time during pregnancy in 2016, by ethnicity
- Prevalence of maternal smoking at any time during pregnancy in the United States in 2016, by educational attainment
- Prevalence of maternal smoking at any time during pregnancy in the United States in 2016, by state
- States with the highest percentage of pregnant women who consumed alcohol in the last three months of pregnancy in the U.S. as of 2018*
- Percentage of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. that were preventable from 2008 to 2017, by cause
- Distribution of contributing factors among pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017
- Proportion of the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017, by ethnicity
- Death rate for pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium in Canada from 2000 to 2017 (per 100,000 population)
- Main consequences of unplanned pregnancies in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017 (in number of cases)
- Number of abortions among women under 20 years in Japan in 2016, by age (in 1,000s)
- Maternal mortality rate in Argentina in 2017, by cause of death (in number of deaths per 10,000 live births)
- Number of deaths from complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium in Spain between 2005 and 2015
- Number of pregnancies in the United States in 2009, by age and outcome (in 1,000)
- Share of teenage girls who reported they had an abortion after pregnancy in South Korea from 2007 to 2016
- Percentage of preventable hearing loss among children worldwide due to select causes as of 2016
- Number of pregnancies in developing regions that were unintended in 2017, by region (in 1,000)
- Number of pregnancies in the United States in 2009, by age
- Percentage of all pregnancies in developing regions that were unintended in 2017, by region
- Pregnancy rates in the United States between 1990 and 2009, by age (per 1,000 women)
- Size of the fraud detection and prevention (FDP) market worldwide, from 2016 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Which actors do you think have a role to play in preventing food waste?*
- Which organizations would be legitimate to prohibit minors from gambling?
- Percentage of consumers who think addictions are preventable in British Columbia as of June 2016, by age group
- Capital expenditure on surface water pollution prevention in Canada from 2006 to 2012 (in million Canadian dollars)
Statista Accounts:
Access All Statistics. Starting from $588 / Year
Related topics
About Statista
Statista offers dossiers and reports on over 170 industries. With Statista you are always able to make informed decisions and boost your work efficiency.
Internet & Telecommunications
- Social Media
- E-Commerce
- Online Video & Entertainment
- Advertising & Marketing
Consumer Goods & FMCG
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Cleaning Products
- Cosmetics & Personal Care
- Food & Nutrition
Retail & Trade
- Health & Hygiene
- International Trade
- Shopping Behavior
- Sports & Leisure
Travel, Tourism & Hospitality
- Business Travel
- Leisure Travel
- Accomodation
- Restaurants
Society
- Demographics
- Economy
- Education & Science
- Politics & Government
Transportation & Logistics
- Aviation
- Rail Transport
- Vehicles & Road Traffic
- Water Transport
Please log in to access our additional functions
Register in seconds and access exclusive features.
Basic Account
|
Instant Access
Premium Account
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
Our services
Click the question mark for further information | Free |
$49 per month* | |
| Basic statistics | |||
| Premium statistics | |||
|
Graph download
| |||
| Download PDF | |||
|
Excel download
| |||
| Register | Purchase now | ||
*Duration: 12 months, billed annually, single license
Yes, let me download!
...and make my research life easier.
Exclusive Corporate feature
This feature is limited to our corporate solutions.
Please contact us to get started with full access to dossiers, forecasts, studies and international data.
Corporate Account
We use cookies to personalize contents and ads, offer social media features, and analyze access to our website. In your browser settings you can configure or disable this, respectively, and can delete any already placed cookies. For details, please see your browser’s Help section (by pressing F1). Please see our privacy statement for details about how we use data.