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Maternal Mortality Review Committee reports decline in pregnancy-related deaths in 2023, flags mental-health and hemorrhage as leading causes
Summary
Oren Duffin, executive officer for the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that the MMRC reviewed 13 cases for 2023; 11 met inclusion criteria and five were judged pregnancy-related, and Idaho’s pregnancy-related mortality ratio fell to 22.6 in 2023 from 40.1 in 2021.
Oren Duffin, program director for the Health Professions Bureau and executive officer for the Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), presented the MMRC’s 2023 summary to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
Duffin said 13 cases were provided to the MMRC for investigation in 2023; 11 met the committee’s review criteria (death of a woman from any cause while pregnant or within one year of pregnancy). Of the 11 pregnancy-associated deaths, five were determined to be pregnancy-related and six were pregnancy associated but not pregnancy related. The MMRC found no evidence in reviewed records that medical error or denial of care contributed to the 2023 deaths, and it found no direct evidence that the deaths were attributable to discrimination.
Idaho’s pregnancy-related mortality ratio decreased from 40.1 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2021 to 22.6…
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