Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity Differentials in Pregnancy-Related Mortality in the United States 1993-2006.

The article presents a study which compared the trends in and causes of pregnancy-related mortality by race, ethnicity and nativity in the U.S. in 1993-2006. In the study, data from the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was used. Among the major causes of pregnancy-related death for women excluding U.S.-born white and African American women are hemorrhage and embolism.