Over the last two decades, ischemic stroke mortality rates in the U.S. have grown, with almost 3 in 10 deaths occurring at home, and increases particularly among racial minorities and rural residents.

Despite medical innovations, maternal mortality rates in the US remain high, especially compared with those of similarly wealthy countries.

The paper analyzed data from a CDC database that is different from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System hit hard ...

The US had the largest gap in survival between the poorest and wealthiest quartiles compared to European countries. America's ...

North Korea's estimated mortality rate for children under age 5 reached 18 per 1,000 live births in 2023, marking two ...

The NCHS found preliminary data that points to a maternal mortality rate in the U.S. for 2021 at 32.9 deaths per 100,000 births - a total of 1,205 mothers who aren't with their children.

A new study found that the rates of pregnancy-related death in the U.S. increased by nearly 28% between 2018 and 2022, with ...

Infant mortality rates have increased in US states which have enacted abortion bans following the landmark ruling overturning the nationwide right for women to access the procedure, a new study ...

The NIH analysis saw the increase over five years and called the issue “an urgent public health priority.” Almost one-third of the pregnancy-related deaths took place between six weeks to a year after ...