Maternal mortality in the US state-by-state — Georgia is No. 1

Maternal mortality increased 4 percent from 2016 to 2018, according to America’s Health Rankings, based on data from the CDC Wonder Online Database mortality files.

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Here is the number of deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days of terminating the pregnancy per 100,000 births.

California: 4.5
Massachusetts: 6.1
Nevada: 6.2
Colorado: 11.3
Hawaii: 11.7
West Virginia: 11.7
Alabama: 11.9
Minnesota: 13
Connecticut: 13.2
Oregon: 13.7
Delaware: 14
Wisconsin: 14.3
Washington: 14.8
Virginia: 15.6
Maine: 15.7
North Carolina: 15.8
Pennsylvania: 16.3
Illinois: 16.6
Nebraska: 16.8
New Hampshire: 16.8
Utah: 16.8
Kansas: 17.7
Iowa: 17.9
Rhode Island: 18.3
Arizona: 18.8
North Dakota: 18.9
Kentucky: 19.4
Michigan: 19.4
Ohio: 20.3
New York: 20.6
Idaho: 21.2
Mississippi: 22.6
Tennessee: 23.3
Oklahoma: 23.4
Maryland: 23.5
Florida: 23.8
Montana: 24.4
Wyoming: 24.6
New Mexico: 25.6
South Carolina: 26.5
South Dakota: 28
Missouri: 32.6
Texas: 34.2
Arkansas: 34.8
New Jersey: 38.1
Indiana: 41.4
Louisiana: 44.8
Georgia: 46.2
Alaska: N/A
Vermont: N/A

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