The maternal mortality rate for non-Hispanic Black women was 2.9 times the rate for white women in 2020
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, US
2018
2019
2020
0
10
20
30
40
50
17.4
20.1
23.8
14.9
17.9
19.1
37.3
44
55.3
11.8
12.6
18.2
All
Non-Hispanic white
Non-Hispanic Black
Hispanic