Homicide During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in the United States, 2018-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the national pregnancy-associated homicide mortality ratio, characterize pregnancy-associated homicide victims, and compare the risk of homicide in the perinatal period (pregnancy and up to 1 year postpartum) with risk among nonpregnant, nonpostpartum females aged 10-44 years.

Methods

Data from the National Center for Health Statistics 2018 and 2019 mortality files were used to identify all female decedents aged 10-44 in the United States. These data were used to estimate 2-year pregnancy-associated homicide mortality ratios (deaths/100,000 live births) for comparison with homicide mortality among nonpregnant, nonpostpartum females (deaths/100,000 population) and to mortality ratios for direct maternal causes of death. We compared characteristics and es

SUBMITTER: Wallace M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9134264 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature