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Share of pregnancy-associated deaths due to pregnancy U.S. 2008-2017, by ethnicity

Proportion of pregnancy-associated deaths determined to be pregnancy-related in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017, by ethnicity

The data displays the proportion of pregnancy-associated deaths in the United States that were determined to be pregnancy-related from 2008 to 2017, by ethnicity. During this time it was found that 48.2% of pregnancy-associated deaths among non-Hispanic blacks were determined to be pregnancy-related, compared to just 30.2% of pregnancy-associated deaths among Hispanics.

Hispanic 30.2
Non-Hispanic black 48.2
Non-Hispanic white 28.4