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Maternal Mortality Review Committee reports decline in pregnancy-related deaths in 2023, flags mental health and hemorrhage
Summary
Oren Duffin, executive officer for Idaho’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that the MMRC reviewed 11 pregnancy-associated deaths in 2023 and determined five were pregnancy related.
Oren Duffin, executive officer for Idaho’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), presented the MMRC’s 2023 report to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee and described the committee’s findings and recommendations.
Duffin said 13 maternal death cases were provided to the MMRC for investigation; 11 met the committee’s inclusion criteria (death while pregnant or within one year of pregnancy). Of those 11 pregnancy-associated deaths, the committee determined five were pregnancy related and six were pregnancy associated but not pregnancy related. The MMRC concluded medical error or denial of care was not identified as a contributing factor in the 2023 deaths it reviewed.
The report found mental-health conditions and hemorrhage were the most common causes…
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