The Statistics
According to the Indiana University Public Policy Institute and
Indiana Maternal Mortality Review Committee
- Within the United States, Indiana has the third highest maternal mortality rate among all reporting states.
- 79% of the deaths were deemed preventable by the The Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
- The MMRC found that discrimination contributed to 8% of pregnancy-associated deaths.
- 2020 data show that the Black, non Hispanic mortality ratio is about 93% higher than the White, non-Hispanic mortality ratio.
According to the Tippecanoe Infant Mortality Report
- One in four mothers with infants living in Tippecanoe County are living in poverty.
- For every one baby who dies to a white family two babies die to a black families.
These are the statistics that lead us to create Transformed Birth Services.