Homicide Tops Cause of Death in Pregnant Women in Louisiana [medpagetoday.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 2/5/204:00 AM

By Elizabeth Hlavinka, MedPage Today, February 3, 2020

Homicide was the leading cause of death among pregnant and postpartum women in Louisiana in 2016-2017, an analysis of state death certificates found.

Of 119 pregnancy-associated deaths to occur in the 2-year period, 16 (13.4%) were from homicide, reported Maeve Wallace, PhD, of Tulane University in New Orleans, and colleagues.

Expressed as rates, maternal homicide deaths occurred in 12.9 of every 100,000 live births, markedly exceeding mortality from hypertensive disorders and obstetric embolism in this population (3.2 and 4.8 per 100,000, respectively).

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