At a glance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works with maternal mortality review committees (MMRCs) and other partners to improve review processes that inform recommendations for preventing future deaths. Find current and past reports and articles related to preventing maternal mortality below.
Reports
Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Data From Maternal Mortality Review Committees in 38 U.S. States, 2020
- Pregnancy-Related Deaths Among American Indian or Alaska Native Persons: Data From Maternal Mortality Review Committees in 38 U.S. States, 2020
- Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA): Report on Maternal Mortality Review Committees
- Circumstances Contributing to Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Data From Maternal Mortality Review Committees in 38 U.S. States, 2020
- Public Health Strategies for Preventing Pregnancy-Related Deaths: A Guide for Moving Maternal Mortality Review Committee Data to Action
Articles
Merkt, Pt, Kramer M, Goodman D et al. Urban-rural differences in pregnancy-related deaths, United States, 2011–2016, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021; 225(2): 183.e1–183.e16.
Trost SL, Beauregard J, Petersen EE, et al. Identifying deaths during and after pregnancy: new approaches to a perennial challenge. Public Health Rep. 2023;138(4):567–572.
Barrera C, Kramer MR, Merkt PT, et al. County-level associations between pregnancy-related mortality ratios and contextual sociospatial indicators. Obstet Gynecol. 2022;139(5):855–865.
Parker-Collins W, Njie F, Goodman D et al. Pregnancy-Related Deaths by Hispanic Origin, United States, 2009–2018 Journal of Women's Health 2023 32:12, 1320–1327
Trost SL, Beauregard JL, Smoots AN, et al. Preventing pregnancy-related mental health deaths: insights from 14 US maternal mortality review committees, 2008-17. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021;40(10):1551–1559. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00615
Callahan T, Zaharatos J, St Pierre A, et al. Enhancing reviews and surveillance to eliminate maternal mortality. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021;30(8):1068–1073.
Kramer M, Strahan A, Preslar J, et al. Changing the conversation: applying a health equity framework to maternal mortality reviews. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019;221(6):609.e1–609.e9.
St Pierre A, Zaharatos J, Goodman D, et al. Challenges and opportunities in identifying, reviewing, and preventing maternal deaths. Obstet Gynecol. 2018;131(1):138–142.
Zaharatos J, St Pierre A, Cornell A, et al. Building U.S. capacity to review and prevent maternal deaths. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2018;27(1):1–5.
Shellhaas CS, Zaharatos J, Clayton L, et al. Examination of a death due to cardiomyopathy by a maternal mortality review committee. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019;221(1):1–8.
Past Reports
- Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Data from Maternal Mortality Review Committees in 36 US States, 2017–2019
- Pregnancy-Related Deaths Among American Indian or Alaska Native Persons: Data from Maternal Mortality Review Committees in 36 US States 2017–2019
- Circumstances Contributing to Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Data from Maternal Mortality Review Committees in 36 US States, 2017–2019
- Report from Maternal Mortality Review Committees: A View Into Their Critical Role (2017)
- Report from Nine Maternal Mortality Review Committees (2018)