Impact of maternal risk factors on ethnic disparities in maternal mortality: a national population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethnic disparities in maternal mortality are consistently reported. This study aimed to investigate the contribution of known risk factors including age, socioeconomic status, and medical comorbidities to observed ethnic disparities in the United Kingdom (UK).

Methods

A cohort of all women who died during or up to six weeks after pregnancy in the UK 2009-2019 were identified through national surveillance. No single denominator population included data on all risk factors, therefore we used logistic regression modelling to compare to 1) routine population birth and demographic data (2015-19) (routine data comparator) and 2) combined control groups of four UK Obstetric Surveillance System studies (UKOSS) control comparator)).

Findings

There were 801 maternal

SUBMITTER: Vousden N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10998184 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature