Maternal Mortality

Two to three women die of pregnancy-associated factors each week in New York, on average. The majority of these deaths are preventable.

The recent rise in overdose-related maternal deaths sits at the intersection of two of the city’s persistent public health challenges — maternal mortality and the opioid epidemic — and the racial disparities within both.

The state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because 'confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.'

“Immigration is a social determinant of health,” according to the new State of the Latino Community report.