MATERNAL MORTALITY IN RURAL GEORGIA

MATERNAL MORTALITY IN RURAL GEORGIA

Jacob C.Warren, PhD, MBA, CRA Director, Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Mercer University School of Medicine

Maternal and Infant Death Crisis

? Maternal death rates have more than doubled in the US since 1987

? The US is currently 46th in the world for maternal deaths

? Georgia is 50th in the nation for maternal deaths

Layers of Risk

? Rural women in

Georgia have a

significantly higher maternal mortality

Pregnancy-Associated MMR, 3-Year Averages, Rural GA

rate than in urban

140 120

Georgia

100

80

? Rural African

60

American women have double the maternal mortality

40

20

0 03-05 04-06 05-07 06-08 07-09 08-10 09-11 10-12 11-13 12-14 13-15 14-16 15-17

Black

White

rate of rural White

women

Layers of Risk

? Rural African American women have a 30% higher maternal mortality rate than their urban African American counterparts (121 vs 93)

? Rural White women have a 50% higher maternal mortality rate than their urban White counterparts (60 vs 40)

Layers of Risk

? The risks associated with demographics are layered, interconnected, and complex

? Relate back to fundamental barriers to healthy outcomes

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