Extracted Data From: Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System

This submission includes publicly available data extracted in its original form. Please reference the Related Publication listed here for source and citation information: Hall WJ, Chapman MV, Lee KM, et al. Implicit racial/ethnic bias among health care professionals and its influence on health care outcomes: a systematic review. Am J Public Health. 2015;105:e60–e76. If you have questions about the underlying data stored here, please contact The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you have questions or recommendations related to this metadata entry and extracted data, please contact the CAFE Data Management team at: [e-mail]. "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducts national surveillance to better understand the causes of pregnancy-related deaths. The Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS) defines a pregnancy-related death as a death during or within 1 year of the end of pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy. Medical epidemiologists review and analyze applicable vital records, and additional available data from all 50 states, New York City, and Washington, DC. Beginning in 2020, data from Puerto Rico are included, and in 2021, data from Northern Mariana Islands are included in PMSS." [Quote from https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-mortality/php/pregnancy-mortality-surveillance/index.html]