Racial gap widened in deaths among US moms around the time of childbirth

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023.

​Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023.   Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023.