The U.S. maternal mortality rate is “terrible,” says Vox, and it’s at a “crisis level.” The New York Times says “we can stop” rising maternal mortality, which, they also say, is caused by (presumably ...

While birth outcomes have improved over the past five years, racial disparities still plague local infant mortality rates.

Working-age US adults are dying at far higher rates than their peers from high-income countries, even surpassing death rates in Central and Eastern European countries, and midlife mortality rates in ...

After a sharp rise in women dying in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum earlier in the Covid-19 pandemic, rates decreased significantly in 2022, according to a new report from the US Centers for ...

Mortality surveillance is an important activity for capturing information on a population’s health. This retrospective surveillance analysis utilizes administrative data sources to describe active ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Excess deaths at age 10 to 19 years increased between 2009 (27.5%) to 2019 (35.8%). More than half of the deaths ...

Background: The impact of neonatal mortality continues to be a challenge worldwide. Some of the causes of neonatal deaths include: preterm birth, infections and asphyxia ...