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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