The Statistics
Maternal Mortality
- United States maternal mortality rates (18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births) are higher than rates in the majority of all high-income countries.
- In 2021, Black Hoosier women had the highest maternal mortality rates in the state, at 156 deaths per 100,000 live births
- 83% of the deaths were deemed preventable by the The Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
These are the statistics that lead us to create Transformed Birth Services.