@article{ref1,
title="Changes in racial and ethnic inequities in pregnancy-associated death in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2024",
author="Margerison, Claire E. and Wang, Xueshi and Goldman-Mellor, Sidra and Muzik, Maria and Gemmill, Alison",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVEs. To examine changes in cause-specific pregnancy-associated deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic by race and ethnicity and assess changes in racial and ethnic inequities in pregnancy-associated deaths. <br><br>METHODS. We used US vital statistics mortality data from 2018 to 2021 to identify pregnancy-associated deaths among females aged 15 to 44 years. We calculated crude pregnancy-associated death rates (deaths per 100 000 live births) by year, cause, and race/ethnicity, percent change in death rate, and the inequity (difference) in rate for each racial or ethnic group compared with non-Hispanic White people. <br><br>RESULTS. The pregnancy-associated death rate for obstetric, drug-related, homicide, and other causes of death increased during 2020, and obstetric deaths continued to increase in 2021. Overall estimates mask 2021 increases in drug-related deaths among Hispanic, non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN), and non-Hispanic Asian people; increases in homicide among most racial and ethnic groups; and increases in suicide among Hispanic, non-Hispanic AI/AN, and non-Hispanic Asian people. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS. We found disproportionate increases in pregnancy-associated deaths from nonobstetric causes among minoritized racial and ethnic groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print May 16, 2024:e1-e10. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307651).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2024.307651",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307651"
}