HealthLeaders Media April 5, 2024
A new study challenged the accuracy of public health data on deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth — and the narrative of high and rising U.S. maternal mortality rates. An unusual public dispute has ensued.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– The study concluded that maternal death rates put out by the CDC have been substantially inflated by misclassified data.
– Using an alternate way of counting deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth, the study found, U.S. maternal mortality rates would be far lower than have been reported. And they’d be stable, not rising.
– The pushback followed soon after. The CDC said it disagreed with the study’s findings and criticized the researchers’ methodology as a recipe for undercounting maternal deaths.
– The...
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