Recent data reveals that maternal deaths are not only rising but are disproportionately ... challenging long-held assumptions about age being the primary risk factor. Yet, amid this maternal ...

The new statistics show teenage pregnancy is continuing to decline and that more women are having children older, when there are greater odds of complications for maternal ... age, as well as the ...

“Because the risk of severe maternal morbidity increases with maternal age, it seems plausible that at least some of the secular trend in severe maternal morbidity might be due to the shift in ...

That means there was nearly a 150% increase in maternal deaths between the youngest and oldest age ... rise in obesity and unhealthy lifestyles, and an increase in high blood pressure and other ...

Maternal mortality in America is not high, it is not rising, and the risk factors for it are not ... In this system, you take all the deaths of women under age 60 or so in a given year, and ...

The biggest risk factors are conditions like cardiovascular disease, severe pre-eclampsia, maternal cardiac disease and hemorrhage, she says. Continuing heart problems and mental health conditions ...

Background Advanced maternal age (AMA) is associated with several adverse pregnancy outcomes, hence these pregnancies are considered to be "high risk." A review of the empirical literature ...

While the maternal mortality rate has decreased after rising to alarming new highs early on during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have discovered a new risk for ... ranging in age from 12 ...

Maternal death rates have been consistently highest among Black women. But they are also rising among other racial ... The biggest risk factors are conditions like cardiovascular disease, severe ...

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