Reducing Maternal Mortality in the United States

Do you know that about 700 women die from pregnancy-related causes every year in the United States? Unfortunately, this is real statistics. The good news is that many of these deaths can be prevented.

Strong and accurate data is important to prevent maternal mortality and to identify opportunities to design effective interventions. In order to fulfill this need, the CDC Foundation today created more powerful data with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Maternal and Child Health Program Association to promote cooperation to promote effective intervention We announced new cooperation to do. On behalf of the Merck for Mothers program, financial cooperation through a compensation agreement with Merck

An important achievement of this project is the standard data collection and analysis tool called the maternal mortality review data system. This tool includes resources that help local experts understand the next important steps in using data to identify prevention opportunities.

We appreciate Merck for supporting this program on behalf of Merck for Mothers. I am also committed to cooperating with the CDC to reduce maternal mortality rates in the United States.

Due to the wide variety of data around the world, it is difficult to determine the causes of maternal deaths in the United States compared to other countries. Therefore, interstate maternal mortality rates in the United States are compared. Maternal mortality rate is the deaths per 100,000 births caused by any cause related to pregnancy every year. For this analysis, a horizontal bar graph method was carried out. It provides a very clear comparison between each state. As shown in Figure 16, the District of Columbia, Georgia and New Jersey are the top three states with the highest maternal mortality rate. For example, the average in the United States is 19 and the District of Columbia is 40.

Between 2000 and 2013, maternal mortality in the US increased by more than 25%. Detailed investigation of the cause of isolated death is necessary to reduce the maternal deaths during childbirth. Along with the rapid increase in big data and applications, we predict who is at risk of death, what kind of measures can prevent death by collecting, analyzing and comparing causes and factors of a specific mother I can do it. It will help develop targeted clinical and public health prevention programs

Many countries have organized extensive efforts to reduce maternal mortality. In the UK and France maternal deaths were reviewed nationwide, detailed analysis of clinical events and identification of areas for future improvement were made. These findings have changed the practice and spread nationwide clinical recommendations expected to reduce the risk of maternal mortality in the future. For example, after determining that pulmonary embolism is the leading cause of maternal death in the UK, efforts to increase the use of mechanical prevention and drug prevention to prevent deep vein thrombosis have been made nationwide There.