California Pregnancy-Related Mortality By Race/Ethnicity
Deaths while pregnant or within one year of the end of pregnancy from causes related to pregnancy per 100,000 live births. This does not include deaths from suicide, homicide, drug overdose or most other injury.
A chart depicting California pregnancy-related mortality by race/ ethnicity between 2009 and 2019. The rate of pregnancy-related death for Black birthing people is three to four times higher than that of Asian, Hispanic and white people.
