Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Due to Homicide, Suicide, and Drug Overdose.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite growing national concern about high and increasing rates of pregnancy-associated mortality due to homicide, suicide, and drug overdose, state-level incidence has previously not been available.

Objective

To identify cases of pregnancy-associated homicide, suicide, drug overdose, and deaths involving firearms in the US from calendar year 2018 to 2022 and estimate 5-year proportionate mortality and mortality ratios per 100 000 live births by state and cause of death.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study is a population-based analysis of the 2018-2022 restricted-use mortality files provided by the National Center for Health Statistics. These data include all deaths occurring in the US, with geographic identifiers for state of res

SUBMITTER: Wallace ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11815526 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature