Maternal mortality rates in Philadelphia are more than 50 percent above the national average, according to a report issued by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
The analysis conducted by the Philadelphia Maternal Mortality Review [MMR] team, a panel formed in 2010 by the city medical examiner’s officer, found in a three-year period between 2010 and 2012 — when about 69,000 live births occurred in the city — 55 women died within one year of the end of their pregnancy.
“Women in Philadelphia are arriving at pregnancy sicker and with more chronic health conditions like obesity, diabetes and hypertension,” said JoAnne Fischer, executive director of the Maternity Care Coalition, a Philadelphia nonprofit focused on improving maternal and child health. Read more about the MMR team study at PBJ.com
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