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Maternal Mortality Review Committee presents 2023 report: Idaho pregnancy-related deaths declined, mental health and hemorrhage leading causes
Summary
The Maternal Mortality Review Committee presented its 2023 report to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, reporting 11 pregnancy-associated deaths in 2023 (5 pregnancy-related), declines compared with 2021, and that mental health conditions and hemorrhage were the most common pregnancy-related causes.
Oren Duffin, program director for the Health Professions Bureau and executive officer for the Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), presented the MMRC's 2023 report to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Jan. 29.
Duffin said the committee received 13 cases for investigation in calendar year 2023; 11 met the inclusion criterion (death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of pregnancy). Of those 11 pregnancy-associated deaths, the MMRC determined 5 were pregnancy-related and 6 were pregnancy-associated but not pregnancy-related. The committee found no evidence in the records it reviewed that medical error or denial of care contributed to the 2023 deaths, Duffin said.
Key statistics presented in the report included that 64% of the 2023 maternal deaths occurred among women residing in urban areas and 36% in rural or…
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